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Antique Southern Hemisphere Map by Guillaume De L
Isle, Circa 1783
By Guillaume De L
Isle
Located in Langweer, NL
frame enhances contrast and suits both classical and contemporary interiors.
Technique: Copper
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
$942 Sale Price
20% Off
Seated Buddha at Gaya – Antique Dutch Print of a Statue in Bengal, ca. 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
spacers can enhance its sculptural subject and historical depth.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Royal Burmese Official
His Wife in State Attire – Antique Costume Print, c1800
Located in Langweer, NL
early 19th-century Dutch engraving titled “Een Woendsji, of de Eerste Koninklijk-Birmansche
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Rodents
Small Mammals Print: Beaver, Squirrel, Porcupine – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
copper engraving with delicate hand colouring, giving each animal lifelike textures and fine details. The
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Songbirds
Tropical Birds Print: Hornbill, Bee-eater, Crow – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
)
22. Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
The engraving technique is copper engraving with meticulous
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Marine Fish Print: Swordfish, Anglerfish, Tuna
Pipefish – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
species)
Produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, the print shows precise
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Wading Birds
Cranes Print: Flamingo, Stork, Ibis, Bustard – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
was produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, capturing each bird’s unique
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Big Cats
Marsupials Print: Lion, Tiger, Kangaroo – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
proportion and texture. The engraving technique used is copper engraving with delicate hand colouring
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Ground Plan of Shwemawdaw Pagoda – Great Temple at Pegu, circa 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
precision of the drawing.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: Anonymous Dutch engraver, after British
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Burmese Minister
Wife in Ceremonial Dress – Antique Costume Print, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
refined aesthetic and courtly theme of the print.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: Anonymous Dutch
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Phoenician Trade Routes – Antique Map of Europe and the Mediterranean, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
early map. Ideal for libraries, offices, or study rooms.
Technique: Copper engraving with original hand
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Burmese Official, Wife
Secretary in Ceremonial Dress – Antique Print, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
the composition.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: A. Vinkeles, Netherlands, circa 1800
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Bur Reed
Water Hemlock: A 17th-18th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Orobanche, Cicuta Maxima, Sparganium (Bur
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Corals
Jellyfish Print: Medusa, Anemone, Corals, Ctenophores – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, the print shows precise anatomical lines and delicate
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Crustaceans
Marine Invertebrates Print: Crab, Lobster, Horseshoe Crab - 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
, lobsters, shrimps, barnacles, copepods, and the horseshoe crab, rendered in fine hand-coloured engravings
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Water Birds Print: Swan, Pelican, Cormorant, Ducks – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
. Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, this print
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Phrenology
Ethnographic Skulls Study – Antique Print Human Types 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, allowing for clear anatomical lines
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Lisbon Harbour View – Optical Print of Port and Tagus River c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
sought after among collectors of city views and early travel art.
The technique used is copper engraving
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Germany and the Borders of Empire: Bodenehr’s Map of the Holy Roman World, 1710
Located in Langweer, NL
copper engraving shines through in the clean linework and dense yet legible layout. The use of the German
Category
1710s Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
1779 View of Onrust Island Near Batavia with VOC Shipyard Activity
Located in Langweer, NL
1779 View of Onrust Island Near Batavia with VOC Shipyard Activity
This hand-colored copper
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Burmese Script Chart – Rare Dutch Comparative Alphabet Print, circa 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
its full margin and plate line enhances its antique character and scholarly appeal.
Technique: Copper
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Regency Spode Porcelain Botanical Specimen Dish- Spring Meadow Saffron
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Porcelain
Vatican Hallway designed by Raphael: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
By Giovanni Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Engraving
L
Hostel de Chevreuse, French town house in Paris, mid 17th century engraving
By Matthaeus Merian
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'L'Hostel de Chevreuse'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Hawaiian Masked Man, Sandwich Islands Portrait from Captain Cook’s Voyage, c1777
Located in Langweer, NL
Sandwich Islands Masked Man – Hawaiian Portrait, Captain Cook Voyage Engraving, c.1777
This
Category
1770s British Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Niagara Falls, Cataracte de Niagara – Early French Engraved View, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
, more contemporary presentation.
Technique
Copper engraving
Maker
French school, published in France
Category
1780s French Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Japanese Military Procession by Chedel, 1746
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Marche Militaire du Japon'. Copper engraving of a Japanese military march
Category
18th Century Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Frontiers of France and Italy – Duke of Berwick Campaigns Map, 1707–1712
Located in Langweer, NL
complements the map’s sober military character.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: Engraved by I. Cheevers
Category
1710s British Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Monumental Classical Relief Frieze, Montfaucon Antiquity Explained, London 1721
Located in Langweer, NL
.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: Bernard de Montfaucon, France / London edition, 1721
Category
1720s British Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Vue d
un pont sur le Tesin dans le Mont St Gothard, Switzerland, engraving, 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Vue d'un pont sur le Tesin, dans le Mont St Gothard'
French copper-line engraving by Maillet
Category
1780s Naturalistic Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Engraving
Egypt and Abyssinia – Nile Valley
Horn of Africa Maps, c.1817–1820
Located in Langweer, NL
interiors.
Technique: Copper engraving with contemporary outline hand color
Maker: British school, c.1817
Category
1810s British Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Egypt
Arabia Petraea – Large Nile Map, British Cartography, c.1815
Located in Langweer, NL
.
Technique: Copper engraving with contemporary outline hand color
Maker: British school (Johnston), c.1815
Category
1810s British Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Mozambique Bay – French Naval Sea Chart by Bellin, c.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
with Indian Ocean island charts.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, France, c
Category
1760s French Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Java, Sumatra
Borneo – Dutch East Indies Sea Chart c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
.
Technique: Copper engraving with hand coloring
Maker: Schenk & Valk, Amsterdam, circa 1700
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Baroque Solar System
Zodiac Map – Homann Doppelmayr, Hand Colored c.1742
Located in Langweer, NL
, while UV-protective glazing is recommended to preserve the hand coloring.
Technique: Copper engraving
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Colored wall map of the WORLD
By Chambon
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
.. - 1781)
Paris, Longchamps et Janvier, 1754
Size H. 115 x W. 145 cm.
Gobert-Denis Chambon made copper
Category
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$28,423 Sale Price
20% Off
Egypt
Abyssinia – Original Nile Valley and Horn of Africa Maps, c.1817
Located in Langweer, NL
: Copper engraving with contemporary outline hand color
Maker: British school (Thomson), c.1817
Category
1810s British Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Anjouan Island, Comoros – French Naval Sea Chart by Bellin, c.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
navigational apparatus.
This engraving is an excellent example of mid-18th-century French naval cartography
Category
1760s French Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Cape of Good Hope – Fort and City Plan, French Colonial Map, c.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
century. The restrained hand coloring, clear engraving, and balanced composition make this both a
Category
1760s French Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Philippines, China, Japan
Korea – Jesuit Map with Guam Inset, Scherer c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
vivid coloring.
Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring
Maker: Heinrich Scherer
Date
Category
Early 18th Century German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Stowe House in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plan actuel du Chateau de Stowe'.
Copper engraving showing a plan and
Category
18th Century Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Animal scene Duck hunting with dogs 18th century Swedish Master by Philip Korn
Located in Stockholm, SE
(1703–1770) and often after Dutch copper engravings. In 1759, Korn became master of the Stockholm
Category
18th Century Realist Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Monomotapa Empire Map – East Africa, French Cartography, c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
: Copper engraving with contemporary hand color
Maker: After Guillaume Delisle, France, c.1740
Category
1740s French Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Original Map of the East Indies Including Sumatra, Java, Borneo
Malaysia, 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored copper engraving
Maker: Jakob van der Schley, Amsterdam, c.1755
Category
1750s Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Veteris Orbis Climata – Ancient World Map after Strabo by Cellarius, 1731
Located in Langweer, NL
passage is unusually prominent, hinting at speculative ancient routes.
Produced using copper engraving
Category
1730s Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Burmese Alphabet Chart – Antique Linguistic Print from Symes
1800 Ava Mission
Located in Langweer, NL
-style frame would emphasize its scholarly and cultural importance.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Map of Blaisois by Janssonius, 1633, Decorative Antique Map of Loire Valley
Located in Langweer, NL
historical insight and decorative appeal.
Condition Report:
Good condition. Hand-colored copper engraving
Category
1630s Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Asia Minor (Natolia) – Janssonius, circa 1650
Located in Langweer, NL
glare.
Technique: Copper engraving
Maker: Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, circa 1650
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
$701 Sale Price
46% Off
Arachnids
Insects Print: Spiders, Scorpion, Centipedes, Flies – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
species)
Produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, the print shows fine anatomical
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Anatomy Print: Skeleton, Skull, Organs
Nerves Study – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
The print was produced using fine copper engraving techniques, which allowed intricate anatomical
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Shells
Bivalves Print: Mussels, Oysters, Scallops, Clams – Antique 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
)
Produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, the print shows fine anatomical lines and
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Molluscs
Marine Invertebrates Print: Octopus, Slug, Snails, Conch – 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
. Brachiopod (Brachiopoda species)
Produced using copper engraving with meticulous hand colouring, the print
Category
1860s German Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Marriage of the Indians of Panama and Land Clearing for the Newlyweds, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
detailed 18th-century copper engraving illustrates two important social customs among the Indigenous
Category
1730s Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Antique English Silver Plated Serving Tray with Ornate Accents
Engraving
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ornate silver plated serving tray was made in England in approximately 1920 in a Victorian style. The tray has ornately decorated handles and outer rim done with a scrolling flo...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Copper
Spode Porcelain Botanical Specimen Dishes- A Pair. After William Curtis
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Map of the Frankfurt Region by Johannes Janssonius, Hand-Colored, C.1650
Located in Langweer, NL
published in Amsterdam, this copper engraving provides an intricate view of the landscape, including the
Category
1650s Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
Antique Sugarcane Botanical Print – Saccharum officinarum, Hayne, ca.1820
Located in Langweer, NL
: Copper engraving with original hand coloring
Maker: Friedrich Gottlob Hayne, Berlin, early 19th century
Category
1820s Antique Copper Engravings
Materials
Paper
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Find a variety of antique copper engravings available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique copper engravings — often made from paper, parchment paper and metal — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique copper engravings available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique copper engravings bearing Baroque or Louis XV hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique copper engravings have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Basilius Besler, John Selby and Colen Campbell are consistently popular.
How Much are Antique Copper Engravings?
Prices for antique copper engravings start at $100 and top out at $32,500 with the average selling for $525.
Questions About Antique Copper Engravings
- What is antique copper finish?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Antique copper finish refers to the natural tarnishing or ‘patina’ that a copper piece acquires over time. It also refers to the green color some vintage copper pieces take on. You’ll find a large collection of antique copper from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Unless a copper piece has a heavy green patina indicating advanced age or bears a maker’s mark identifying it, the best way to tell whether a copper piece is antique is to take it to an appraiser. Find a collection of antique, vintage and modern copper pieces on 1stDibs.
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