Sold2018Diderot & d'Alembert. 2 Bird Plates, c.1768.Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert. Two plates from Diderot & d'Alembert's "Encyclopédie: Histoire Naturelle" – Suite du règne animal – Oiseaux. Plates vol. 6 (1768). Engravings bySee Sold Price
Sold2020Histoire Naturelle - 18th Century Shell PrintThis is a beautiful, large handcolored copperplate engraving plate 452, titled "Moule Mytilus" from “Encyclopedia Methodique” published Paris, 1789-1832, by Charles Joseph Panckoucke and hSee Sold Price
Sold2020Histoire Naturelle - 18th Century Shell PrintThis is a beautiful, large handcolored copperplate engraving plate 262, titled "Moule Mytilus" from “Encyclopedia Methodique” published Paris, 1789-1832, by Charles Joseph Panckoucke and hSee Sold Price
Sold2019Histoire Naturelle, 18th c. engravingHistoire Naturelle, 18th c. engraving, Antonio Baratti (Italian, 1724-1787), Plate VII, Lion and Tiger, engraving on paper, from "Histoire Naturelle", 13"h x 8.25"w (sight), 23.5"h x 18.5" (frame)See Sold Price
Sold201918th C. Hand-colored Bird Engravings Quail & PetrelTwo framed 18th century hand colored engravings. 1) Madagascar Button Quail. Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux 1770-1786, Paris. Hand-colored copper engraving by Francois-Nicolas Martinet. 2) Northern GiSee Sold Price
Sold2021(4pc) FRANCOIS MARTINET, HISTOIRE NATURELLECopper plate engraving Late 18th century, c. 1770-86, four plates by Francois Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) from "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux" by George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de BuffonSee Sold Price
Sold2022Jean Baptiste Audebert 18th Century monkey engraving Le Loris GreleAudebert, Jean-Baptiste (French 1759-1800), Le Loris Grele, from Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis. Paris: Desray, 1799-1800, hand colored engraving, 18 x 11.5 inches, framed in a silver leafSee Sold Price
Sold2023BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS FROM HISTOIRE NATURELLE BY NICOLAS MARTINETBOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS FROM HISTOIRE NATURELLE BY NICOLAS MARTINETFrench, 18th century. All framed with matching red marbleized matting, no coloring. Six from the set including plate XCV. Plate XCVI, (pSee Sold Price
Sold202418thc French Copperplate Engraving, Herons, Cranes18th Century French copperplate engraving. Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie, herons, cranes. Plate 54. Approx 9 1/2" X 12 1/2". This antique engraving originates from 'The Encyclopeie ou DictionnaireSee Sold Price
Sold202418thc French Copperplate Engraving, Herons, Cranes18th Century French copperplate engraving. Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie, herons, cranes. Plate 53. Approx 9 1/2" X 12 1/2". This antique engraving originates from 'The Encyclopeie ou DictionnaireSee Sold Price
Sold2022Ludwig Schmidt (DE 1816-1906)Ludwig Schmidt (German 18th c) Four Framed hand colored engravings of Tropical Fish - From "Ichtyologie ou Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere Des Poissons Par Marc Elieser Bloch" each 18 x 24See Sold Price
Sold2019Group 18th/19th c. engravingsGroup 18th/19th c. engravings, 18th/19th c., (6) engravings incl.: (3) hand-colored botanicals, (1) "Louse" from the Encyclopedie de Diderot, c. 1751, and (2) Isabey & Percier portraits of Emperor NapSee Sold Price
Sold2016(8pc) MARTINET INSECT & BIRD ENGRAVINGS18th/early 19th Century, hand-colored engravings drawn by François Nicholas Martinet (c. 1760-1800), including six prints from Histoire Naturelle, Insectes, engraved by Benard, in matching frames, 21See Sold Price
Sold2022Histoire Naturelle, La Giraffe, Le Chevrotin, c. 1768, original copper engraving by Benard afterHistoire Naturelle, La Giraffe, Le Chevrotin, c. 1768, original copper engraving by Benard after Martinet from the great encyclopedia by Denis Diderot and Jean Lerond d'Alembert, depicts a giraffe, aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Early 19th C. Histoire Naturelle EngravingEarly 19th century Histoire Naturelle engraving, by Volute, in shell covered frame, 23 1/2" h x 20 1/2" w. Provenance: From a Delray Beach, FL estate.See Sold Price
Sold2016Early 19th C. Histoire Naturelle EngravingEarly 19th century Histoire Naturelle engraving, in shell covered frame, 23 1/2" h x 20 1/2" w. Provenance: From a Delray Beach, FL estate.See Sold Price
Sold20172 PC 19TH C. FRAMED PAPILLON ENGRAVINGSTwo framed 19th c. Histoire Naturelle des Papillons d'Europe Engravings. Brilliant hand coloring, in deep Victorian Shadowbox Frames with incised accents. Measures 19"x17"x3". Weight combined 12 pds 2See Sold Price
Sold2020Chenu, Jean 1877 Lot of 8 Antique Fish PrintsWood Engravings Published 1877, Paris for "Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle" by Jean Charles Chenu. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inch (28 x 19cm) Minor background toning/offsetting.See Sold Price
Sold2020Chenu, Jean 1877 Lot of 22 Monkey Primate PrintsWood Engravings Published 1877, Paris for "Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle" by Jean Charles Chenu. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inch (28 x 19cm) Minor background toning in parts. Good CoSee Sold Price
Sold2020Chenu, Jean 1877 Lot of 16 Antique Reptile PrintsWood Engravings Published 1877, Paris for "Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle" by Jean Charles Chenu. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inch (28 x 19cm) Minor background toning/offsetting.See Sold Price
Sold2020Chenu, Jean C1870 Lot of 10 Antique Bird PrintsWood Engraving Published 1867-82, Paris for "Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle" by Jean Charles Chenu. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inch (28 x 19cm) Good Condition overallSee Sold Price
Sold2020Chenu, Jean 1877 Lot of 10 Insect PrintsWood Engravings Published 1877, Paris for "Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle" by Jean Charles Chenu. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inch (28 x 19cm) Minor background toning, otherwise fineSee Sold Price
Sold2020Chenu, Jean 1877 Lot of 16 Natural History PrintsWood Engravings Published 1877, Paris for "Encyclopedie D'Histoire Naturelle" by Jean Charles Chenu. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inch (28 x 19cm) Minor background toning, otherwise fineSee Sold Price
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