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Zoology - Birds - Charadriiformes - Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii). Engraving by John Gould.





Norris Castle on East Cowes heights, Isle of Wight, with yachts sailing on the Solent. Engraving by George Brannon, June 1, 1...
Norris Castle on East Cowes heights, Isle of Wight, with yachts sailing on the Solent. Engraving by George Brannon, June 1, 1844.Original engraving in the collection of Christian Février.





China the cake of kings and emperors, cartoon against the Yellow Peril, 1898 engraving from French publication Le Petit Journ...
China the cake of kings and emperors, cartoon against the Yellow Peril, 1898 engraving from French publication Le Petit Journal





View of Essen, about 1860, historic cityscape, steel engraving created in the 19th century, North Rhine_Westphalia, Germany, ...
View of Essen, about 1860, historic cityscape, steel engraving created in the 19th century, North Rhine_Westphalia, Germany, Europe





England. Bus powered by steam locomotive. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1872).





Bronze knocker on wooden engraved doors, Reales Alcazares, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe





Maugowien warrior, 1843-1844, engraving by Adolphe Wahlen from the Customs and traditions of Asia.





An outrigger, engraving from Water from the Travels by Jean Francois de Galaup comte de Laperouse, 18th Century.





Napoleon II. Napoleon II 1811-1832, Duke of eichstadt, son of Napoleon i. Engraving 19th century





Economy. 19th century. Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving. "The Art of the Illustration", 1888.





Ptolemy's System explained by Johannes Muller von Konigsberg (right) 1436 to 1476 German astronomer,astrologer,mathematician ...
Ptolemy's System explained by Johannes Muller von Konigsberg (right) 1436 to 1476 German astronomer,astrologer,mathematician after wood engraving of 1543 From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878





Nicolas Fouquet. Nicolas Fouquet 1615-1680, superintendent of finances, French statesman. Engraving 19th century





The Alhambra in Granada. Court of the lions. Higham colored engraving after a drawing by David Roberts. 19th century. Andalus...
The Alhambra in Granada. Court of the lions. Higham colored engraving after a drawing by David Roberts. 19th century. Andalusia. Spain.





A woman from Prince William's Sound, Alaska. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suff...
A woman from Prince William's Sound, Alaska. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suffolk, c1815).





Woad-leaved centaurea with yellow fluffy flowers. A native of the east.. . Centaurea glastifolia. . Handcolored copperplate e...
Woad-leaved centaurea with yellow fluffy flowers. A native of the east.. . Centaurea glastifolia. . Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine" 1791.





CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - ROMANS-SUR-ISERE (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1581. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Loca...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - ROMANS-SUR-ISERE (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1581. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.





Nao Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage. Engraving by Rico. Colored.





Massacre in the prisons, September 1792. Engraved by C.Maurand after De La Charlerie.From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francai...
Massacre in the prisons, September 1792. Engraved by C.Maurand after De La Charlerie.From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.





Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554-1618). English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. Engraving in "El M...
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554-1618). English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. Engraving in "El Mundo Ilustrado", 1880.





The last supper with Jesus Christ and his apostles. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical P...
The last supper with Jesus Christ and his apostles. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).





Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 John Adams Dix 1798-1879 American politician and distinguished Civil War General ...
Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 John Adams Dix 1798-1879 American politician and distinguished Civil War General From a 19th century print engraved by J C Armytage after H Warren





Front, steel engraving of a friendly encounter between whites and Indians, historical share, Water Supply Loan, City of Provi...
Front, steel engraving of a friendly encounter between whites and Indians, historical share, Water Supply Loan, City of Providence, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, USA, 1936





Ten Days of Brescia, March 23-April 1, 1849, engraving. First War of Independence, Italy, 19th century.





Villa Medici at Poggio in Caiano, by Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767) from View of the Villas and Surrounding Areas in Tuscany, It...
Villa Medici at Poggio in Caiano, by Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767) from View of the Villas and Surrounding Areas in Tuscany, Italy 18th Century. Engraving.





View of Alhama, Granada, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarrum' - 1576 - coloured engraving. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENB...
View of Alhama, Granada, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarrum' - 1576 - coloured engraving. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN. Also known as: CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM-ALHAMA (GRANADA).





Francois Desgraviers. Portrait of Francois Severin Marceau Desgraviers, known as Francois 1769-1796, French general of the Re...
Francois Desgraviers. Portrait of Francois Severin Marceau Desgraviers, known as Francois 1769-1796, French general of the Revolution Army. Engraving, ca. 19th century





Christian IV of Denmark 1577 to 1648 King of Denmark and Norway Duke of Holstein After an engraving by Johann Alexander Boene...
Christian IV of Denmark 1577 to 1648 King of Denmark and Norway Duke of Holstein After an engraving by Johann Alexander Boener





The massacre of Diego Tristan and ten of his sailors by the Cacique Chief Quibian, April 6, 1503, engraving, Caribbean 16th C...
The massacre of Diego Tristan and ten of his sailors by the Cacique Chief Quibian, April 6, 1503, engraving, Caribbean 16th Century.





Marie Louise, Empress of the French, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1791-1847. Second wife of Napoleon I. Engraved...
Marie Louise, Empress of the French, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1791-1847. Second wife of Napoleon I. Engraved by Heath.





Stone tablets engraved with the laws of Gortyna, Gortyna, south coast, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe





History of the Napoleonic Empire (XVIII century). Napoleonic Wars. Fightt between french troops and cosacks on the Russian fr...
History of the Napoleonic Empire (XVIII century). Napoleonic Wars. Fightt between french troops and cosacks on the Russian front. Colored engraving.





Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. ...
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. Engraving





Illustration with landscape and text by Augustin von Meierberg, copper engraving, 1660s-1670s, 1612–1688, Private Collection





VISTA DE LA CIUDAD DE MANILA DESDE EL ARRABAL - SIGLO XVIII - DIBUJO A TINTA - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: BRAMBILA FERNAND...
VISTA DE LA CIUDAD DE MANILA DESDE EL ARRABAL - SIGLO XVIII - DIBUJO A TINTA - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: BRAMBILA FERNANDO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





Martin Luther, (Eisleben, 1483, Eisleben, 1546). German reformer. Doctor of Theology and Augustinian priest. In 1517, outline...
Martin Luther, (Eisleben, 1483, Eisleben, 1546). German reformer. Doctor of Theology and Augustinian priest. In 1517, outlined the main thesis of Lutheranism in Wittenberg. He was excommunicated in 1520. Luther played the lute at the home of Ursula Cotta. Engraving by A. Closs.





A "poursuivant d'armes" (apprentice herald) from the society of the donkey (Societe de l'Ane). He wears a yellow plumed cap, ...
A "poursuivant d'armes" (apprentice herald) from the society of the donkey (Societe de l'Ane). He wears a yellow plumed cap, an elaborate cloak in black, yellow and gold, over red trousers. The breast of his tunic shows a leaping donkey.. . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).





Pope Alexander VIII. Portrait of the Pope Alexander VIII 1689-1691. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1...
Pope Alexander VIII. Portrait of the Pope Alexander VIII 1689-1691. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1898. Private collection.





Victims of the 1808 repression in Madrid. Engraving. Madrid, National library. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION.





Crassula coccinea. . Deep scarlet flowered crassula shrub from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Drawn and engraved by Geo...
Crassula coccinea. . Deep scarlet flowered crassula shrub from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Drawn and engraved by George Cooke. . . Conrad Loddiges and Sons published an illustrated catalogue of the nursery's plants entitled the Botanical Cabinet. The monthly magazine featured 10 hand-coloured illustrations and ran from 1817 to 1833 to total 2,000 plates. The publication introduced many exquisite camellias from China, exotic orchids and lilies from the New World, and about 100 varieties





Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of ...
Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest





GRABADO - MOCAJETE DE PATZCUARO - MUSEO DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA, MADRID, SPAIN.





Portrait of Carlo Vanloo or Charles Andre Vanloo (1705-1765), French history painter.. Painted by Pierre le Sueur, Steel engr...
Portrait of Carlo Vanloo or Charles Andre Vanloo (1705-1765), French history painter.. Painted by Pierre le Sueur, Steel engraving by John Corner from "Portraits of Celebrated Painters with Medallions from their Best Performances" 1825.





THE PLAGUE OF ASHDOD or EPIDEMIC AMONG THE PHILISTINES. The Old Testament scene shows God's destruction of the temple and ido...
THE PLAGUE OF ASHDOD or EPIDEMIC AMONG THE PHILISTINES. The Old Testament scene shows God's destruction of the temple and idol of Dagon, the Semitic god of agriculture, and the death of the Philistines by plague. Engraving by Picart after Poussin painting of 1660.





Portrait of Duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Visconti by Antonio Campi, Copper engraving, 1582–1584, circa 1522-1587, Private Coll...
Portrait of Duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Visconti by Antonio Campi, Copper engraving, 1582–1584, circa 1522-1587, Private Collection, 15x11, 5





ATLAS DE LA HISTORIA FISICA Y POLITICA DE CHILE, 1854. Author: GAY CLAUDIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, ...
ATLAS DE LA HISTORIA FISICA Y POLITICA DE CHILE, 1854. Author: GAY CLAUDIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of ...
Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of 55 or 54 BC. Copperplate engraving c1820





Engraving from The Dore Bible illustrating Mark x 13 to 16 Jesus Blessing the Children by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artis...
Engraving from The Dore Bible illustrating Mark x 13 to 16 Jesus Blessing the Children by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator





General scrutiny of the electoral process in the presence of journalists. France. 1872. Engraving by Ryckebusch.





Queen Victoria and family receiving the Guards at Buckingham Palace on their return from the Crimean War Engraving





Portrait of Paul Gorguloff (1895-1932), assassin of French President Paul Doumer (1857-1932). Engraving from French newspaper...
Portrait of Paul Gorguloff (1895-1932), assassin of French President Paul Doumer (1857-1932). Engraving from French newspaper Lillustre du petit journal, 1932. Private Collection





Women's fashion from 1786 to 1841, reigns of George III to Victoria, from Pocket Books, Ladies' Magazines, etc. Handcolored e...
Women's fashion from 1786 to 1841, reigns of George III to Victoria, from Pocket Books, Ladies' Magazines, etc. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).





Death, grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary. A nun at the convent gate, with u...
Death, grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary. A nun at the convent gate, with uplifted hands, bewails the fate of her of her superior.. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.





Fruit, leaves, flowers and catkins of the walnut tree, Juglans regia. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illust...
Fruit, leaves, flowers and catkins of the walnut tree, Juglans regia. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.





LA BARONESA DE KAULLA. Denunciada por la prensa francesa como espía de Alemania. En 1880 el general francés Ernest Courtot de...
LA BARONESA DE KAULLA. Denunciada por la prensa francesa como espía de Alemania. En 1880 el general francés Ernest Courtot de Cissey fue acusado de tener relaciones con la Baronesa Kaula, quien se decía que era una espía de parte de Alemania, hecho que lo llevó a ser destituido del cargo. Grabado por Capuz. "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1880. Coloreado.





Cartography, Senegal, 19th century. The coast of Dakar. From the Senegal Atlas, 1817. Colored engraving.





Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Bo...
Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany" 1835. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.





John Knox (1505-1572) Scottish Protestant (Calvinist) reformer. Engraving from "A Biographic Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" ...
John Knox (1505-1572) Scottish Protestant (Calvinist) reformer. Engraving from "A Biographic Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by Thomas Thomson (Edinburgh and London 1870).





Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From The Illustrated London News 11 ...
Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From The Illustrated London News 11 April 1868. Wood engraving.





Novara, the Basilica of San Gaudenzio with transportation equipment and Holy Blessing, by Giovanni Paolo Bianchi (born ca 159...
Novara, the Basilica of San Gaudenzio with transportation equipment and Holy Blessing, by Giovanni Paolo Bianchi (born ca 1590, active 1654), engraving from The Triumph of St Gaudentius, first bishop, by Girolamo Prina, Milan, Stamperisa Malatesta, 1711 , Italy.





Fish engraving, neolithic rockart of the Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Acacus range, Tassili n´Ajjer National Park, Unesco Worl...
Fish engraving, neolithic rockart of the Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Acacus range, Tassili n´Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa





Close-up of small blurry childs feet dancing on engraved tombstone in church with white gown





William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Evengelical Christian and campaigner for abolition of slavery, Hand-c...
William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Evengelical Christian and campaigner for abolition of slavery, Hand-coloured engraving 1821





Brass tsuba, engraved, pierced and damascened, depicting a snake coiled around itself, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th cen...
Brass tsuba, engraved, pierced and damascened, depicting a snake coiled around itself, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th century.





Frederick III (1609-1670). King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. Colored engraving.





The Reign of Antichrist. After an engraving by Michael Volgemuth in Liber Chronicarum dated 1493. From Science and Literature...
The Reign of Antichrist. After an engraving by Michael Volgemuth in Liber Chronicarum dated 1493. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878





Henry Somerset 1st. Marquis of Worcester, c.1562-1646. From the book 'Lodge's British Portraits' published London 1823.





Aspecto del acorazado estadounidense "MAINE" tras la explosión acaecida el 15 de febrero de 1898 en el puerto de La Habana. E...
Aspecto del acorazado estadounidense "MAINE" tras la explosión acaecida el 15 de febrero de 1898 en el puerto de La Habana. El hecho, ocurrido durante la Guerra de Independencia cubana, sirvió de pretexto a los EE. UU. para declarar la guerra a España. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.





A representation of the Zodiacal constellation of Virgo from the 'Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia' of Johannes Hev...
A representation of the Zodiacal constellation of Virgo from the 'Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia' of Johannes Hevelius of Danzig (modern Gdansk), 1687.





Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby fr...
Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany," John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.





Prison of the Inquisition Cordoba Spain From the book Spanish Pictures by the Rev Samuel Manning published 1870





Wreckers in Cornwall, England, collecting anything useful they can from the wreck of a ship they have lured to destruction on...
Wreckers in Cornwall, England, collecting anything useful they can from the wreck of a ship they have lured to destruction on the shore. From Scenes in England by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.





Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St Alban 1561-1626 English lawyer statesman and philosopher Engraved by Geremia from the book A ca...
Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St Alban 1561-1626 English lawyer statesman and philosopher Engraved by Geremia from the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume II published 1806





Nobility hunting fowl in the Venetian lagoon in winter, 1610, by Giacomo Franco (1556-1620), engraving from Costumes of Venet...
Nobility hunting fowl in the Venetian lagoon in winter, 1610, by Giacomo Franco (1556-1620), engraving from Costumes of Venetian Men and Women. Italy 17th Century.





LITERATURA CASTELLANA. S. XVI-XVII. QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS, Francisco de (Madrid, 1580Villanueva de los Infantes, 1645). Escritor...
LITERATURA CASTELLANA. S. XVI-XVII. QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS, Francisco de (Madrid, 1580Villanueva de los Infantes, 1645). Escritor español, una de las mayores figuras del Siglo de Oro y principal representante del conceptismo. "EL SUEÑO DE LAS CALAVERAS". Ilustración de la obra editada en el s. XIX. Biblioteca Episcopal. Barcelona. Cataluña.





Zoology - Birds - Passeriformes - Olive-backed oriole (Oriolus sagittatus). Engraving by John Gould.





Aureus coin from the era of Vespasian Titus Flavius Vespasianus A D 9-A D 79 Roman Emperor A D 69-79





Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Historic print, copper engraving, 1785, portrait of Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 _ 1803, a German poet, translator, theo...
Historic print, copper engraving, 1785, portrait of Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 _ 1803, a German poet, translator, theologian and philosopher, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1. Historic print, copper engraving, 1785, portrait of Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 _ 1803, a German poet, translator, theologian and philosopher, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav





Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Engraving depicting the city of Alexandria. 15th century. Latin edition. Episcopal Lib...
Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Engraving depicting the city of Alexandria. 15th century. Latin edition. Episcopal Library. Barcelona. Spain.





Corn bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's "B...
Corn bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany" 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.





Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IV, graffiti on wall in corridor one, from twentieth dynasty





EUGENIO IV (Venecia, 1383-Roma, 1447). Papa italiano, elegido en el año 1431, de nombre Gabriel Condulmer. Su pontificado que...
EUGENIO IV (Venecia, 1383-Roma, 1447). Papa italiano, elegido en el año 1431, de nombre Gabriel Condulmer. Su pontificado quedó determinado por el Concilio de Basilea. Convocó de nuevo el Concilio en Ferrara (1438) y lo trasladó posteriormente a Florencia (1439). Firmó la bula "Laetentur Coeli" (1439). Grabado.





Portrait of Anton Francesco Grazzini, called ""Il Lasca"" (1503-1584). Italian poet, writer and playwright, among the founder...
Portrait of Anton Francesco Grazzini, called ""Il Lasca"" (1503-1584). Italian poet, writer and playwright, among the founders of the Accademia degli Umidi, engraving





CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CONIL - DETALLE - SALANDO BACALAO - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3041. Author: BRAUN GEOR...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CONIL - DETALLE - SALANDO BACALAO - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3041. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





Roman cavalry with javelin (verutum) and a Roman soldier on the march with his pack, sword (gladius) and shield (scutum). Han...
Roman cavalry with javelin (verutum) and a Roman soldier on the march with his pack, sword (gladius) and shield (scutum). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).





JOSE PATINO MORALES (1666-1736) 1 SECR.ESTADO FELIPE V. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





Sir Nicholas Bacon 1510-1579. English politician Father of Francis Bacon. From the book 'Lodge's British Portraits' published...
Sir Nicholas Bacon 1510-1579. English politician Father of Francis Bacon. From the book 'Lodge's British Portraits' published London 1823.





Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IV, graffiti on wall in corridor one, from twentieth dynasty





Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques (1109-1185). First king of Portugal. Defeat of the Arabs in Ourique (1139). In the same fiel...
Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques (1109-1185). First king of Portugal. Defeat of the Arabs in Ourique (1139). In the same field, is proclaimed king Afonso. Eighteenth-century engraving.





Cartography, Dominican Republic, 17th century. Santo Domingo. Engraving from an atlas from the 17th century.





Grayling, coregone thymalle, Thymallus thymallus, and European smelt, eperlan commun, Osmerus eperlanus. Handcoloured copperp...
Grayling, coregone thymalle, Thymallus thymallus, and European smelt, eperlan commun, Osmerus eperlanus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Joyeau, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Jo





Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whachum Engraved by F F Walker after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London ...
Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whachum Engraved by F F Walker after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833





Russia - 19th century - The killers of Tsar Alexander II: nichilists A. Mikhailov, S. Perovskaya, N. Ryssakov, A. Zhelyabov a...
Russia - 19th century - The killers of Tsar Alexander II: nichilists A. Mikhailov, S. Perovskaya, N. Ryssakov, A. Zhelyabov and N. Kibaltchitch on trial in Saint Petersburg, April 1881. Engraving





Black slaves carrying coffee harvest, early 19th century engraving by Johann Lorenz Rugendas, 1775-1826 German





England Engraved by T Phillibrown after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833





Portrait of Theodoric I The Great ca. 454-526, King of Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogoths kingdom in Italy. Engraving i...
Portrait of Theodoric I The Great ca. 454-526, King of Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogoths kingdom in Italy. Engraving in E.Tesauro Del regno dItalia sotto i barbari Torino 1664





Ambroise Pare. Portrait of Ambroise Pare 1509-1590, French surgeon. Engraving 19th century





Dance in village tavern, 19th century engraving by A. H. Payne after painting by Cornelius-Pieterz Bega, 1620-64 Dutch





Princess Victoria, 1819-1901 at the age of sixteen. From a drawing by Sir George Hayter. From the book ""V.R.I. Her Life and ...
Princess Victoria, 1819-1901 at the age of sixteen. From a drawing by Sir George Hayter. From the book ""V.R.I. Her Life and Empire"" by The Marquis of Lorne, K.T. now his grace The Duke of Argyll.





Angkor Wat, is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia. The images depict bas relief figures of Hindu episodes of Ramayana and t...
Angkor Wat, is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia. The images depict bas relief figures of Hindu episodes of Ramayana and the Mahabharata.





Women and girls and a young boy at work in Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow, London, From The Illustrated Lo...
Women and girls and a young boy at work in Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow, London, From The Illustrated London News (London, 1871), Engraving





DIOS SE APARECE EN UNA NUBE A ESDRAS - HISTORIA DE ESDRAS - XVI/XVII - GRABADO FLAMENCO. Author: JODE GERARD / VOS MARTEN / V...
DIOS SE APARECE EN UNA NUBE A ESDRAS - HISTORIA DE ESDRAS - XVI/XVII - GRABADO FLAMENCO. Author: JODE GERARD / VOS MARTEN / VISSCHER CLAES JANSZ. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.





Charles Maurice De Talleyrand. Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754-1838, French politician. Engraving ca ...
Charles Maurice De Talleyrand. Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754-1838, French politician. Engraving ca 19th century





London and Greenwich Railway, wood engraving, Illustration from 'The Penny Magazine', London, 9 January 1836





Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold. Portrait of Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold 1832-1901, Swedish explorer and natralist. Engraving i...
Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold. Portrait of Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold 1832-1901, Swedish explorer and natralist. Engraving in Le Monde illustre, 25/11/1879





Chattering lory, Lorius garrulus. Ceram lory, Psittacus garrulus. The bird's rich metallic scarlet plumage rendered a steely ...
Chattering lory, Lorius garrulus. Ceram lory, Psittacus garrulus. The bird's rich metallic scarlet plumage rendered a steely pink. Hand-coloured steel engraving by Joseph Kidd (after John Audubon) from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown's "Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots," Edinburgh, 1833. The Miscellany was intended to be a multi-volume series, but was brought to an abrupt halt after only the second volume on cats when John Audubon complained about the unauthorized use of hi





Princess Victoria, 1819-1901. From a portrait by R. J. Lane 1829. From the book ""The Girlhood of Queen Victoria"" 1832-1840....
Princess Victoria, 1819-1901. From a portrait by R. J. Lane 1829. From the book ""The Girlhood of Queen Victoria"" 1832-1840. Published in London 1912.





Figure of a Young Man. Study for the Golden Age, by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), drawing.





Sir Archibald Campbell 1st Baronet 1769 to 1843 Officer in the British army and administrator of the colony of New Brunswick ...
Sir Archibald Campbell 1st Baronet 1769 to 1843 Officer in the British army and administrator of the colony of New Brunswick Engraved by J Cochran after J Wood From the book National Portrait Gallery volume IV published c 1835





William Wyndham Grenville Baron Grenville Lord Grenville 1759 1834 English statesman and politician Son of George Grenville P...
William Wyndham Grenville Baron Grenville Lord Grenville 1759 1834 English statesman and politician Son of George Grenville Prime Minister Engraved by T ADean after JJackson From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830





Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy,1783-1859. Indian merchant and philanthropist. Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph by Mr. Sorabj...
Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy,1783-1859. Indian merchant and philanthropist. Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph by Mr. Sorabjej Samsetjee of Bombay. From the book ""The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages"" Volume 2. Published in London 1859.





MADRID-MOTIN EN LA PUERTA DEL SOL 1869- LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: ALBA E. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS COLOREADOS, SP...
MADRID-MOTIN EN LA PUERTA DEL SOL 1869- LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: ALBA E. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS COLOREADOS, SPAIN.





The army of British invadors being driven back by the Spanish while attacking Buenos Aires (Liniers). 1807. Engraving. Madrid...
The army of British invadors being driven back by the Spanish while attacking Buenos Aires (Liniers). 1807. Engraving. Madrid, Naval Museum. Author: CARDANO JOSE. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN.





France, Paris, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) conducting the Paris Orchestra, engraving from Monde Illustre by Adrien Marie, 1880





Adam Duncan, 1st .Viscount Duncan. 1731-1804 British Admiral Commander-in-Chief in the North Sea, 1795-1801.Engraved by W.T. ...
Adam Duncan, 1st .Viscount Duncan. 1731-1804 British Admiral Commander-in-Chief in the North Sea, 1795-1801.Engraved by W.T. Mote from the original of Hoppner.From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s





Walker's Pillar - Walls of Londonderry, Ireland. Drawn by W.H.Bartlett, engraved by R. Wallis. From 'The Scenery and Antiquit...
Walker's Pillar - Walls of Londonderry, Ireland. Drawn by W.H.Bartlett, engraved by R. Wallis. From 'The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland' by N.P.Willis and J.Stirling Coyne.Illustrated from drawings by W.H.Bartlett. Published London c.1841.





Court of The Inquisition Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828/Spanish) Engraving Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernan...
Court of The Inquisition Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828/Spanish) Engraving Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernando





Washington entering Trenton New Jersey USA 1789 George Washington 1732-1799 First President of the United States From a 19th ...
Washington entering Trenton New Jersey USA 1789 George Washington 1732-1799 First President of the United States From a 19th century print engraved by J Rogers after M A Wageman





The Breakdown. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers by H.K. Browne known as Phiz





Blue anemones and white snowdrops, Anemone coronaria and Galanthus nivalis. Handcolored stipple engraving from "Le Jardinier ...
Blue anemones and white snowdrops, Anemone coronaria and Galanthus nivalis. Handcolored stipple engraving from "Le Jardinier Fleuriste, Dedie aus Dames par un Amateur" Chez Marcilly, Paris, 1818. The Florist Gardener was a gift book for ladies with charming miniature botanical bouquets in the style of Pancrace Bessa.





Johannes Gensfleish. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg 1394/99-1468, German printer and inventor of printing, usin...
Johannes Gensfleish. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg 1394/99-1468, German printer and inventor of printing, using his printing press. Chromolithography, early 20th century





Costa Rica, San Jose, Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Gold metalworking with shape of frogs and toads





Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Un...
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794. . . The prolific Sibly published his Universal System of Natural History in 1794~1796 in five volumes covering the three natural worlds of fauna, flora and geology. The series included illustrations of mythical beasts such as the sukotyro and the mermaid, and depicted sloths sitting on the ground (instead of hanging from trees) and





Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisi...
Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Anton von Schmerling (1805-1893). Austrian politician. Engraving in Universal History, 1885. Colored.





EL PADRE ANDRES BURRIEL Y EL DOCTOR PEREZ BAYER. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





Herrada de Landsberg (1130-1195). Escritora, religiosa alsaciana y abadesa de la abadía de Hohenburg, en los montes Vosgos. A...
Herrada de Landsberg (1130-1195). Escritora, religiosa alsaciana y abadesa de la abadía de Hohenburg, en los montes Vosgos. Autora de la enciclopedia pictórica Hortus deliciarum (El Jardín de las Delicias). La ruptura del voto de castidad era castigada con duras penas que la monja criticó. "Emparedamiento de una monja". Grabado por H. Kaeseberg. "Germania", año 1882. Herrada de Landsberg Nació Hacia el Año 1130 en el castillo de Landsberg, en la región del Bajo Rhin, en el seno de Una Familia no





DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA (1810-1815) - DESASTRE Nº 40 - ALGUN PARTIDO SACA - AGUAFUERTE, PUNTA SECA Y BURIL - 177 x 221 mm. Loc...
DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA (1810-1815) - DESASTRE Nº 40 - ALGUN PARTIDO SACA - AGUAFUERTE, PUNTA SECA Y BURIL - 177 x 221 mm. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.





MASCARA DE OBSIDIANA PROCEDENTE DE MICHOACAN - ARTE PRECOLOMBINO DEL OCCIDENTE DE MEXICO - LAMINA 144. Location: INSTITUTO DE...
MASCARA DE OBSIDIANA PROCEDENTE DE MICHOACAN - ARTE PRECOLOMBINO DEL OCCIDENTE DE MEXICO - LAMINA 144. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA, MADRID, SPAIN.





Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural Histor...
Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.





Sociedad inglesa S. XIX. 'Grupo de personas jugando al ping-pong, el juego de moda en Inglaterra'. Grabado S. XIX.





European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, and Alpine Marmot, Marmota marmota. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engravi...
European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, and Alpine Marmot, Marmota marmota. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by David, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-184





Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Asopia pictalis, Pyralis pictalis, Poplar Pyralis moth, with round rough-headed poppy, Papaver hybridum. Entomology, being Il...
Asopia pictalis, Pyralis pictalis, Poplar Pyralis moth, with round rough-headed poppy, Papaver hybridum. Entomology, being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland," London, 1834. Curtis (1791 –1862) was an entomologist, illustrator, engraver and publisher. "British Entomology" was published from 1824 to 1839, and comprised 770 illustrations of insects and the plants upon which they are found.





Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora...
Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





German servant girl, 16th century, carrying jugs of beer and a barrel of pork to market.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lech...
German servant girl, 16th century, carrying jugs of beer and a barrel of pork to market.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A.J. Lallemand, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834





Peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, and beetle. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (Dutch Fl...
Peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, and beetle. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (Dutch Flower Arrangements), Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, 1794. The artist of the fine plates is a mystery: the title bouquet has the signature of Paul Theodor van Brussel (1754-1795), the Dutch flower painter, and one auricula is "drawn from life" by A. Bres. According to Hunt, 30 plates show the influence of the famous French artist Nicolas Robert (1614-1685).





Brooklime or European speedwell, Veronica beccabunga. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbe...
Brooklime or European speedwell, Veronica beccabunga. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe for his "Icones plantar





Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Jacques Louis David. Jacques Louis David 1748-1825, French painter and draftsman. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, by Menn...
Jacques Louis David. Jacques Louis David 1748-1825, French painter and draftsman. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, by Mennechet, edition 1844-1847.





Guests help out 'Undersea Explorer' marine biologist Qamar to engrave, photograph and measure caught Nautilus for research, Q...
Guests help out 'Undersea Explorer' marine biologist Qamar to engrave, photograph and measure caught Nautilus for research, Queensland, Australia, 2007





Yellow-haired terebella, Terebella flavicoma. Tube forming marine polychete worm with filamentous tentacles. Illustration sig...
Yellow-haired terebella, Terebella flavicoma. Tube forming marine polychete worm with filamentous tentacles. Illustration signed RN (Richard Nodder).. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" 1796.. Frederick Polydore Nodder (1751~1801?) was a gifted natural history artist and engraver. Nodder honed his draftsmanship working on Captain Cook and Joseph Banks' Florilegium and engraving Sydney Parkinson's sketches of Australian plants.






Statues at a monument with flags of Turkey, Monument of Ataturk and Youth, Kusadasi, Turkey





Industry and Idleness: The industrious prentice Lord Mayor of London, November 9, 1746, engraving. Procession moves east alon...
Industry and Idleness: The industrious prentice Lord Mayor of London, November 9, 1746, engraving. Procession moves east along Cheapside from Paternoster Row and St Paul's Churchyard on right. St Paul's east end is behind pub where Frederick Prince of Wales stands. Francis Goodchild is in coach and City Marshal is at window





LA ENCICLOPEDIA DE DIDEROT Y D'ALEMBERT 1751 GRABADO-FABRICA DE PAPEL. LA SALA. Author: BENARD, ROBERT. Location: PRIVATE COL...
LA ENCICLOPEDIA DE DIDEROT Y D'ALEMBERT 1751 GRABADO-FABRICA DE PAPEL. LA SALA. Author: BENARD, ROBERT. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.

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