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by Dummer, Horace Boylston

PORTRAIT OF BEN JOHNSON [sic]: Original Copperplate Engraving from HEADS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF GREAT BRITAIN

PORTRAIT OF BEN JOHNSON [sic]: Original Copperplate Engraving from HEADS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF GREAT BRITAIN

by Houbraken, Jacobus

London: John and Paul Knapton, 1743. 15 3/4 inches by 10 inches. Engraved portrait of 17th century British playwright and poet Ben Jonson. Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was the most important 18th Dutch engraver of portraits. His magnum opus was Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, a collaboration with historian Thomas Birch and artist George Vertue. Work on the project began circa 1738 and continued until publication in parts between 1743 and 1752. Paper sizes varied among various issues,... Read more about this item
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$125.00
THE PROSPECT TO THE GARDENS OF THE HONORABLE JAMES JOHNSTON, ESQ., HIS HOUSE AT TWITTENHAM IN THE COUNTY OF MIDLESEX, 1710 [Original Engraving from VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS OR THE BRITISH ARCHITECT]

THE PROSPECT TO THE GARDENS OF THE HONORABLE JAMES JOHNSTON, ESQ., HIS HOUSE AT TWITTENHAM IN THE COUNTY OF MIDLESEX, 1710 [Original Engraving from VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS OR THE BRITISH ARCHITECT]

by Campbell, Colen

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Original 18th Century Architectural Engraving. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Daniel Campbell was a member of Parliament from Glasgow. His home, Shawfield Mansion (pictured in this engraving) was designed by Colen Campbell and was the architect's first commission, coming before the architect came under the influence of... Read more about this item
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$225.00
LUTHERIE, INSTRUMENS ANCIENS et MODERNES, a CORDES et a PINCER [ORIGINAL COPPPERPLATE ENGRAVING]

LUTHERIE, INSTRUMENS ANCIENS et MODERNES, a CORDES et a PINCER [ORIGINAL COPPPERPLATE ENGRAVING]

by Benard, Robert

Paris: David Briasson, Le Breton, and Durand, 1772. 18th Century Engraving of Lutes. Folio leaf: 16" by 10". Published between 1751 and 1780, Diderot's Encyclopedie represented the first serious attempt to categorize the various fields of human knowledge and activity. It grew out of the work of the philosophes (Rousseau, Voltaire, and others), who focused on human progress, especially in practical fields, as opposed to philosophical thought. Accompanying the Encyclopedie were... Read more about this item
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$100.00
LONICERA COERULEA [Blue Honeysuckle]

LONICERA COERULEA [Blue Honeysuckle]

by Guimpel, Friedrich

Berlin, Germany: Fr. Schüppel, 1803. Original hand-colored engraving from Hortus Berolinensis Sive Icones et Descriptiones, published in Berlin, circa 1803-1816. [Great Flower Books, p.151; Nissen, BBI 2157]. Friedrich Guimpel (1774-1839) was an eminent German botanical illustrator and professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts. Image/sheet size is 10 inches by 8 1/4 inches. Our Guimpel prints are in very good+ condition: clean, bright, and crisp-with minimal toning and/or foxing on some plates. . First... Read more about this item
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$50.00
Art Fakes & Forgeries

Art Fakes & Forgeries

by Mendax, Fritz

This is a serious history of the craft of forging and faking works of art.
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$12.50
PLEASE, MISTER,TAKE MY LIKENESS (albumen stereoview)

PLEASE, MISTER,TAKE MY LIKENESS (albumen stereoview)

by Purviance, W. T

Philadelphia: W. T. Purviance, 1867. Original albumen stereoview "Photographed and Published by W. T. Purviance, Philadelphia, Pa." One of a series of images published in the series, "The Scenery of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road." William T. Purviance had a photography studio in Pittsburgh circa 1859-1860. In 1967 he was licensed as an official photographer for the Penn Central RR and apparently moved his studio to Philadelphia at that time. The image is of a photographer (Purviance?) seated on... Read more about this item
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$75.00
CARPINUS BETULUS [European or Common Hornbeam], Original Hand-Colored Copper Engraving (plate # 386) from Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum

CARPINUS BETULUS [European or Common Hornbeam], Original Hand-Colored Copper Engraving (plate # 386) from Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum

by Vietz, Ferdinand Bernhard

Vienna: Schrämblischen, 1817. Image is 7 3/8 inches by 5 7/8 inches on a sheet that is 9 1/16 inches by 7 1/8 inches. Drawn by pharmacist turned naturalist Ferdinand Vietz ((1772-1815), engraved by Ignaz Albrecht, and published in volume 7 of Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum, edited by J. L. Kerndl and published by Schrämblischen in Vienna in 1818. Original hand-coloring. Like all the plates from Vietz's classic work on medicinal and culinary uses of plants, this is a lovely original... Read more about this item
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$65.00
Original Sketch of "Woman and Fawn"

Original Sketch of "Woman and Fawn"

by CUMMINGS, E.E

c. 1921. In the 1920s, E.E. Cummings was a regular contributor of both writing and artwork to The Dial magazine, which was the preeminent Modernist journal of its time, publishing such writers as Joyce, Pound, Eliot, Cocteau, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Ford Madox Ford and such artists as Picasso, Cezanne, Matisse and Kandinsky. Cummings was only 25 years old when his first pieces were accepted for The Dial and, notably, it was the only place where his poems and his artwork were published... Read more about this item
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$4,000.00
NEW ENGLAND FACTORY LIFE--"BELL-TIME" (Original Wood Engraving)

NEW ENGLAND FACTORY LIFE--"BELL-TIME" (Original Wood Engraving)

by Homer, Winslow

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1873. Original wood engraving by Winslow Homer. Image: 9 x 13 11/16 inches; Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 inches. This first (only) impression was printed in Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1873. Both the woodblock and the electrotype plate were destroyed after the engraving was printed. This is a very good impression in very good condition. Now archivally matted and ready for a standard 16" by 20" frame. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good+. Illus. by... Read more about this item
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$275.00
Glass Writing, Embossing, and Fascia Work: Including the Making and Fixing of Wood Letters and Illuminated Signs

Glass Writing, Embossing, and Fascia Work: Including the Making and Fixing of Wood Letters and Illuminated Signs

by Hasluck, Paul N

This is a very scarce book about the art of writing on and embossing glass.
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$50.00
Gloss-coated paper bag.

Gloss-coated paper bag.

by General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal)

General Idea Book. Fine. No Binding. 1st Edition. Multiple of gloss-coated paper bag with offset lithograph adhesive-backed label and thread cord handle. 27.8 × 40.6 cm. General Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists, Active from 1967 to 1994. They were pioneers of early conceptual and media-based art. Their collaboration became a model for artist-initiated activities and continues to be a prominent influence on subsequent generations of artists..
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$323.64
Tree on Shore

Tree on Shore

by CUMMINGS, E.E

A landscape painting by Cummings of a colorful tree on the shore of Silver Lake in New Hampshire, where the Cummings family had a summer home. In the background is Mount Chocorua, one of the most frequent subjects of Cummings' artwork. The use of a bright and vivid palette is reminiscent of Matisse, Kandinsky, and the Fauvists, all of whom have been cited as influences on Cummings as an artist. Thematically and as a composition, this image also owes a debt to Cezanne, one of Cummings' great idols as a... Read more about this item
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$5,000.00
Laundress at Pornic

Laundress at Pornic

by CUMMINGS, E.E

Watercolor. 12-3/4" x 9-3/4". No date. Signed by Cummings at the lower left with "Pornic" written in his hand on the lower right. Cummings visited Pornic, a seaside village on the French Atlantic coast, and painted a number of outdoor scenes while he was there, frequently of French peasants at their work. This painting was part of an exhibit at the Gotham Book Mart some time in the late '60s or '70s and bears their notation "GBM #412" on verso. Although a prolific painter, Cummings seldom signed his... Read more about this item
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$5,000.00
Original Artwork for "Be Happy Osaka", a maquette for the Piece in Color and Applied Jewels By Charles Fazzino; (with) a Small Hand-Colored black and White Print of the Piece Having the artstis' Corrections and Directions

Original Artwork for "Be Happy Osaka", a maquette for the Piece in Color and Applied Jewels By Charles Fazzino; (with) a Small Hand-Colored black and White Print of the Piece Having the artstis' Corrections and Directions

by Fazzino, Charles

Original work for this colorful Osaka City Japan scene by Fazzino, signed by him lower left; 32" x 26 3/4" approximate size, done on heavy white cardstock; with a blank margin to left of piece; with applied faux gemstone stars, circles, glitter; (with) a print of the trial piece in black and white, with some blue coloring, with the artist's pencil instructions and title below, done on a 13 1/2" x 10 1/4" sheet; light wear to paper edges; some soiling to blank margin on large... Read more about this item
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$4,500.00
THE BOWERY ART 1971 (Silkscreen Christmas Card Signed by Robert Indiana)

THE BOWERY ART 1971 (Silkscreen Christmas Card Signed by Robert Indiana)

by Indiana, Robert

Stuttgart, Germany: Edition Dornberger, 1971. Original folded silkscreen Christmas card . Dated, inscribed, and signed by famed American artist Robert Indiana: "25-XII-'73. Agnes. Greetings. So nice to receive your note--the "Art" sculpture is at Colby for '75 Inaugural (on loan). Bob." Indiana created Christmas cards that he sent to his personal friends, and Agnes almost certainly was the important Canadian-American artist Agnes Martin. I have not yet determined which... Read more about this item
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$950.00
SUBCUTANEOUSLY, MY DEAR WATSON

SUBCUTANEOUSLY, MY DEAR WATSON

by McCall, Paul M

Bloomington, Indiana: James A. Rock & Company, 1978. Original lithographed broadside/poster promoting the book, Subcutaneously, My Dear Watson: Sherlock Holmes and the Cocaine Habit. The broadside image is the same as the front panel of the book's dust jacket except that the latter includes the book's subtitle. The image of Sherlock Holmes holding a hypodermic needle is by Indiana caricaturist Paul M. McCall. The broadside is in very good condition: clean and bright, with just a hint of toning and a... Read more about this item
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$60.00
VUE DE LA PEGNITZ A NUREMBERG [Glass Stereoview]

VUE DE LA PEGNITZ A NUREMBERG [Glass Stereoview]

by Ferrier, Claude-Marie

Paris: Probably Published by Clouzard & Soulier, 1858. Paris, circa 1858. 3/4 inches by 6 3/4 inches. Circa 1852-1856 Claude-Marie Ferrier photographed a number of European buildings and views, including this one. Although Ferrier was a competitor of Clouzard & Soulier, they did publish some of his 1850s images among the earliest 2-glass stereoviews before Ferrier merged his business with theirs. The image shows buildings along and footbridges across the Pegnitz River in Nuremberg, Germany..... Read more about this item
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$150.00
THE WEST PROSPECT OF CHOLMONDELEY HALL IN CHESHIRE

THE WEST PROSPECT OF CHOLMONDELEY HALL IN CHESHIRE

by Campbell, Colen, and Henry Hulsbergh

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Cholmondeley, the First Earl of Cholmondeley, commissioned the architect William Smith to add the details (columns, statues, etc.) that can be seen in this engraving. Image size of the engraving is 9 1/2 inches by 14 3/8 inches on a sheet of laid paper that measures 10 7/8 inches by17 5/8 inches.... Read more about this item
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$225.00
MONTANA LANDSCAPE WITH BLACKFEET INDIANS

MONTANA LANDSCAPE WITH BLACKFEET INDIANS

by Powell, Asa Lynn (Ace)

Hungry Horse, Montana: Ace Powell, 1960. Original etching. 7 3/4 inches by 10 inches on artist paper measuring 11 inches by 15 inches. Signed and numbered (66/100) by the artist in pencil. Montana artist Ace Powell (1912-1978) was perhaps the most prolific artist of the American West in the 20th century. Strongly influenced by the artist Charles M. Russell, Powell created what he knew best, paintings, etchings, and sculptures of Montana life and scenery, cowboys, and the Blackfeet Indians. His works... Read more about this item
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$150.00
HELIANGELUS MICRASTUR (Ecuadorian Star-Frontlet) [Hand-colored Lithograph]

HELIANGELUS MICRASTUR (Ecuadorian Star-Frontlet) [Hand-colored Lithograph]

by Gould, John

London: Published by Taylor and Francis for John Gould, 1849. Original antique print drawn and lithographed by William Matthew Hart after a rough sketch by John Gould. Original hand coloring, with with gum arabic enhancement. Image is 13 inches by 9 1/2 inches on a sheet that is 21 1/2 inches by 14 5/8 inches The print is from Gould's magnum opus on hummingbirds. It is in superb condition, clean and bright with no tanning or foxing. Accompanied by the original page of description of the bird..... Read more about this item
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$500.00
SORBUS AUCUPARIA [European Mountain Ash]

SORBUS AUCUPARIA [European Mountain Ash]

by Guimpel, Friedrich

Berlin, Germany: Fr. Schüppel, 1803. Original hand-colored engraving from Hortus Berolinensis Sive Icones et Descriptiones, published in Berlin, circa 1803-1816. [Great Flower Books, p.151; Nissen, BBI 2157]. Friedrich Guimpel (1774-1839) was an eminent German botanical illustrator and professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts. Image/sheet size is 10 inches by 8 1/4 inches. Our Guimpel prints are in very good+ condition: clean, bright, and crisp-with minimal toning and/or foxing on some plates. . First... Read more about this item
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$50.00
THE PROSPECT TO THE GARDENS OF THE HONORABLE JAMES JOHNSTON, ESQ., HIS HOUSE AT TWITTENHAM IN THE COUNTY OF MIDLESEX, 1710

THE PROSPECT TO THE GARDENS OF THE HONORABLE JAMES JOHNSTON, ESQ., HIS HOUSE AT TWITTENHAM IN THE COUNTY OF MIDLESEX, 1710

by Campbell, Colen, and Henry Hulsbergh

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. James Johnston was a Scottish diplomat, Scotland's Secretary of State, and delegate to the British House of Commons. In 1702 he commissioned the architect John James to design and build a mansion in Twickenham, London. The result was the home depicted in this engraving. Image size of the... Read more about this item
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$225.00
ROSA ALPINA [Alpine Rose]

ROSA ALPINA [Alpine Rose]

by Guimpel, Friedrich

Berlin, Germany: Fr. Schüppel, 1803. Original hand-colored engraving from Hortus Berolinensis Sive Icones et Descriptiones, published in Berlin, circa 1803-1816. [Great Flower Books, p.151; Nissen, BBI 2157]. Friedrich Guimpel (1774-1839) was an eminent German botanical illustrator and professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts. Image/sheet size is 10 inches by 8 1/4 inches. Our Guimpel prints are in very good+ condition: clean, bright, and crisp-with minimal toning and/or foxing on some plates. . First... Read more about this item
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$50.00
Slovenske L'Udove Umenie - Slovak Folk Art

Slovenske L'Udove Umenie - Slovak Folk Art

by Prejav, Vytvarny

This profusely illustrated book presents a variety of folk art.
Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.
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$55.00
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