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Antique Buffalo Engraving, Buffon Hand-Coloured Print Amsterdam 1769
Located in Langweer, NL
margins and plate mark. Keywords: buffalo engraving Le Buffle Buffon hand coloured copper engraving
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Decorative Antique Botanicals – Cracca, Genista Coronilla, Leipzig 1690s
Located in Langweer, NL
/early-18th-century botanical copper engravings with period hand-colour, attributed to Augustus Quirinus
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Late 17th Century German Antique Copper Engravings

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Elegant 18th-Century Zebu Engraving – Buffon Dutch Edition, 1769
Located in Langweer, NL
Buffon natural history Amsterdam 1769 Jacques de Sève C J Fritsch hand coloured copper engraving 18th
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Christ Turns Water into Wine Engraving – John II Wedding at Cana c.1735
Located in Langweer, NL
executed with precision using the copper engraving technique, renowned for its fine linear detail
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1730s English Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

‘Fishermen’ A Fine 18th C. Mezzotint After George Morland (1763-1804)
By John Raphael Smith
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine late18th century coloured copper mezzotint engraving printed on original handmade wove paper
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Copper Engravings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Antique Print of the Buitenhof, Dutch Government, the Hague, the Netherlands
Located in Langweer, NL
Vyverberg'. Copper engraving of the 'Buitenhof' of The Hague, the Netherlands. This print originates from
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of Loevestein Castle in Holland by Tirion, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Loevestein - Loevestein van de Rivier de Waal te zien'. Copper engraving with
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of Loevestein Castle by Tirion, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Loevestein - Loevestein van de Rivier de Waal te zien'. Copper engraving with
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Observatory Spakaia Church, Beryozovo, Demyanskoye, Tyumen Oblast in Russia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de l'Observatoire et de l 'Eglise de Spaskaia (..)'. Copper engraving of
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of a Cave and Waterfall, Cascade Et Grottes Par Halfpenny, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Cascade et Grottes par Halfpenny'. Copper engraving showing caves and a
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of Krasnoyarsk Sculptures and Idols of Russia, 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Monumens de Sculpture et Idoles trouvés dans les Tombeaux'. Copper engraving
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Old Handcolored Print of the Watervliet Estate in East Flanders, Belgium, 1696
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Huys te Watervliet'. Copper engraving of the estate of Watervliet. This print
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17th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of three Gentlemen from England, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
(..)'. Artists and Engravers: Published in Leipzig. Hand-colored copper engraving. Condition: Good. Slightly
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19th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of a Waterfall in Lincoln Province, C.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Nouvelles Eaux de Belton au Lord Tyrconnel province de Lincoln'. Copper
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of Rock Formations Near Vernet in France, C.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Grande Roche d'après Vernet (..)'. Copper engraving showing various rock
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Original Antique Print of the Waterfall of Saint-Leu in France, 1776
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de Rocher, Temple et Cascade de St. Leu'. Copper engraving showing the
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of a Cave in Saint-leu-taverny in France C.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vüe dessinée dans l'intérieur de la Grotte de St. Leu Taverni'. Copper
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Architectural Print of Pavilions for English Gardens by Le Rouge, 1776
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Pavillons Grottes pour les Jardins Anglais'. Copper engraving showing
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Rare and Beautiful Original Antique Print of Butterflies, 1774
Located in Langweer, NL
was incomplete and starting in 1740 he published only 33 copper engravings before his death, of a
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1770s Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Large Antique Map of the Netherlands with Original Hand Coloring
Located in Langweer, NL
North Sea a compass rose and bottom right the scale sticks in a Rococo frame. Backside blank. Copper
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Mid-18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of Horse Riding: Piaffe Lesson Between Pillars
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Manège, La Capriole. Lecon du piafer dans les piliers'. Copper engraving of
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Mid-18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Set of 3 Biblical Engravings – Adoration, St. Matthew Healing the Blind (1735)
Located in Langweer, NL
using finely executed copper engraving. The scenes include the Adoration of the Magi, a portrait of St
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1730s English Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botany Print of Liriodendron Tulipifera or Common Tulip Tree
Located in Langweer, NL
-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botany Print of Mesembryanthemum Aureum or Golden Fig-Marigold
Located in Langweer, NL
-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botany Print of Litium Candidum or White Lily
Located in Langweer, NL
-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botany Print of the Broad Leaved Shrubby Germander
Located in Langweer, NL
illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botany Print of the Blue-Flowered Cineraria or Cape Aster
Located in Langweer, NL
illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Set of 2 Antique Botany Prints, Alpine Wall-Cress, Atamasco Lily
Located in Langweer, NL
illustrations. The illustrations were initially hand-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botany Print of the Trailing Disandra
Located in Langweer, NL
-coloured prints, taken from copper engravings and intended to complement the text. Identification by a
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Late 18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Print of the Malabar Coast of India showing the VOC establishments, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored copper engraving, published in 1724-1726 in Dordrecht by Joannes van Braam and Gerard Onder de
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1720s Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Almond Botanical Print, Amygdalus Communis, Hand Colored, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
domestic and decorative character of the subject. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Mahogany Botanical Print, Swietenia Mahagoni, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
woodwork. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker: Jonathan Carl Zenker, Germany
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Bactrian Camel Engraving, Buffon Hand-Coloured Print Amsterdam 1769
Located in Langweer, NL
Fritsch hand coloured copper engraving 18th century zoology antique camel print natural history art museum
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in San Francisco, CA
G. B. Piranesi in his fifties was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings of Greek architecture. Medium: Etching on laid paper. Year: circa...
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Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Copper Engravings

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Set of Biblical Engravings – Adoration, Flight to Egypt Christ’s Baptism, 1735
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of 3 Biblical Engravings – Adoration, Flight to Egypt & Christ’s Baptism (1735) This refined
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1730s English Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Turmeric Botanical Print, Curcuma Longa, Hand Colored, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
and visual strength. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker: Jonathan Carl
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Gamboge Botanical Print, Garcinia Cambogia, Hand Colored, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
industrial and artistic associations of the subject. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Botanical Print of Thea Chinensis, Hand Colored, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
refined contrast. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker: Jonathan Carl Zenker
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Coffee Botanical Print, Coffea Arabica, Hand Colored, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
striking and elegant contrast. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker: Jonathan
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Lichen Botanical Print, Dye Chemical Species, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
engraving depicts Haematoxylon Campechianum, commonly known as logwood, a tree valued for its use in
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Clove Botanical Print, Caryophyllus Aromaticus, Hand Colored, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
character of the subject. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker: Jonathan Carl
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Grape Varieties Botanical Print, Vitis Vinifera Study, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
comparative nature of the study. A darker wood frame adds gravitas. Technique: Copper engraving with original
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Logwood Botanical Print, Haematoxylon Campechianum, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
engraving depicts Haematoxylon Campechianum, commonly known as logwood, a tree valued for its use in
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Long Cubeb Pepper Botanical Print, Piper Species, c.1831
Located in Langweer, NL
. A darker frame adds visual weight. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand coloring Maker
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1830s German Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Hydraulic Machine of Kew Gardens Chiswick Grotto – Le Rouge, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
copper engraving, titled "Machine Hydraulique dans les Jardins de Kew," offers a detailed technical and
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18th Century French Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Copper Plate Engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in San Francisco, CA
G. B. Piranesi, in his fifties, was interested in archaeology and studied in Southern Italy where he produced drawings of Greek architecture. Medium: Etching on laid paper. Year: c...
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Late 18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Copper Engravings

Antique Hemipteres Pair – Shield Bugs Water Bugs, French Natural History, 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
collectors and interior designers. Condition report: Two original antique copper engravings with original
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Early 19th Century French Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Orthoptères Pair – Grasshoppers, Mantids Earwigs, French c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
balanced dialogue between vertical elegance and horizontal breadth. Both prints are copper engravings with
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Early 19th Century French Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Orthoptères Pair – Grasshoppers Locusts, Elegant French Prints, 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
balanced dialogue between vertical elegance and horizontal breadth. Both prints are copper engravings with
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Early 19th Century French Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Panoramic View of Vienna – Imperial City, Salmon / Tirion, Amsterdam c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
add historical depth and visual elegance. Condition report: Original copper engraving on laid paper
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Mid-18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Pair of Sciapteron Xystophora Moths, Hand-Colored by Sepp Brants, 1906
Located in Langweer, NL
subtlety and depth. This offering includes both original hand-colored copper engravings together with the
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Early 19th Century Biedermeier Secretaire, Cherry, Southern Germany, dated 1822
Located in Greven, DE
applied using a transfer printing technique. The copper engraving motifs, which date back to antiquity
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Copper Engravings

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Cherry

De Bry’s India and East Indies – Cockfights, Sacred Trees Exotic Animals, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
letterpress text. These finely detailed copper engravings capture European encounters with the natural wonders
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16th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Red-Headed Yellow-Bodied Bird and White-Tailed Hummingbird: Hand-Coloured, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a hand-colored copper engraving by Johann Michael Seligmann, derived from the work of
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1770s Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Dutch Colonial Views of Batavia – Diestpoort and Castle with Laboratory, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
-colored copper engraving features two finely rendered views of Batavia (now Jakarta), the capital of the
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

A Dance at Ulietea – Society Islands Scene from Cook’s Voyages, c.1784
Located in Langweer, NL
copper engraving titled A Dance at Ulietea, one of the Society Islands in the South Seas offers a vivid
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Late 18th Century English Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

Antique Hand-Coloured Botany Print of Various Plants, 1742
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print titled 'Kali Aizoides canariense procumbens (..)'. Copper engraving of various
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18th Century Antique Copper Engravings

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Paper

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Antique Copper Engravings For Sale on 1stDibs

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
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Antique 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, 2022
    Unless 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.