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Antique Print of Naples, Italy, circa 1835
Located in Langweer, NL
, most noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Meyer operated very successfully as a
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Print of Naples, Italy, 1835
Located in Langweer, NL
, most noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Meyer operated very successfully as a
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Spanish Art Nouveau Bronze Neo-Classical Sculpture Statue Bacchante 1890
Located in Portland, OR
according to some, and from Berga according to the Great Catalan Encyclopedia, among his works were "A Gypsy
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Marble, Bronze

Ancient Marine Life: Handcolored Fossils of Cephalopods and Corals, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
encyclopedia of natural history, providing scholars and the public with detailed representations of various
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1840s Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

In The Twilight, dated 1912
Located in Blackwater, GB
Encyclopedia of Wanderers Exhibitions 1871-1923, St. Petersburg, 2003, illustrated on p. 388, N2 - 192
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Canvas, Oil

Mémoires et Observations Géographiques et Critiques by Samuel Engel (1702–1784))
Located in Middletown, NY
Diderot's map of North America for his Encyclopedia, which was issued in 1770 and after and is one of the
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Mid-18th Century Swiss Antique Encyclopedias

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Gold Leaf

Phrosine and Mélidore
Located in Fairlawn, OH
9/16 x 9 1/2 inches From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Édouard Joseph Dantan (26 August 1848
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1870s Romantic Antique Encyclopedias

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Etching

Antique Print of the Rhine Falls, Switzerland
Located in Langweer, NL
noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Meyer operated very successfully as a
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Mid-19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Daffodil Decor, France, Ca 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
/ 7.87 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Set of Four Antique Prints of various Ornaments by Meyer circa 1897
Located in Langweer, NL
Konversations-Lexikon'. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikon was a major encyclopedia in the German
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

English Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Needlepoint Sofa, Circa 1750
By Joseph Aronson
Located in Charleston, SC
Joseph Aronson's "The Encyclopedia of Furniture" Plate 854.
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1750s English Chinese Chippendale Antique Encyclopedias

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Strawberry Blossoms Decor France ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
in Diameter: 6.5 cm / 2.55 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

First Period Dr. Wall Worcester Porcelain Teapot Stand Fisherman Ptn, Circa 1775
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
& 693 of Geoffrey Godden's Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks.  
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18th Century British George III Antique Encyclopedias

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Porcelain

Exploring the Stalactite Caverns near Slains: A Natural Wonder of Scotland, 1798
Located in Langweer, NL
encyclopedia for children, which included 1,200 engraved plates on topics such as natural history, science
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1790s Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of North Europe and East Asia by Vaugondy, circa 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
. It contained 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. This encyclopedia was a massive
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Bleeding Heart Decor France 1895/1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
: 6.2 cm / 2.44 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Art Nouveau Table Lamp Vignes Et Escargots , Daum Nancy, France, Circa 1905
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
/ 12.59 in Bibliography: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Coquelicot , Corn Poppy Decor, Daum Nancy, France, 1895
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2998 on page 149
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Antique Map of New Hampshire
Located in Langweer, NL
reference work and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of New Hampshire
Antique Map of New Hampshire
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Nebraska
Located in Langweer, NL
reference work and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Nebraska
Antique Map of Nebraska
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Oregon
Located in Langweer, NL
and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses and the
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Oregon
Antique Map of Oregon
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Alabama
Located in Langweer, NL
and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses and the
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Alabama
Antique Map of Alabama
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Vermont
Located in Langweer, NL
and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses and the
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Vermont
Antique Map of Vermont
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Antique Map of Iowa, Published in 1881
Located in Langweer, NL
educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses and the print
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Late 19th Century English Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Wisconsin with Inset Geological Map of Wisconsin
Located in Langweer, NL
its reputation as a reliable reference work and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Kentucky
Located in Langweer, NL
reference work and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Kentucky
Antique Map of Kentucky
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Old Print of Stenography, Fabicius Reply to Pyrrhus and St. Paul, c.1810
Located in Langweer, NL
Fabicius' reply to Pyrrhus and St. Paul's speech. This print originates from 'Encyclopedia Britannica
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Wedgwood Majolica Dish with Strawberries on a Cobalt Ground, 1870, 12 Available
By Wedgwood
Located in Banner Elk, NC
reference: Mariann Katz-Marks, THE COLLECTORS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MAJOLICA. Paducah, KY: Collector Books
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Encyclopedias

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Majolica

Antique Map of German Colonies by Meyer, 1895
Located in Langweer, NL
-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Original Antique Engraving of Coats of Arms from Heraldry Brittanica, c.1810
Located in Langweer, NL
). This print originates from 'Encyclopedia Britannica'. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by A. Bell
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Rittersporn und Fingerhut (Larkspur and Foxglove)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carl Thiemann (November 10, 1881 – December 3, 1966) was a Bohemian artist
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1910s Vienna Secession Antique Encyclopedias

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Woodcut

Antique Map of Virginia, with Inset Map of the South Western Continuation
Located in Langweer, NL
Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses and the print editions were ended, but it
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Ohio, with Inset Maps of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati
Located in Langweer, NL
leverage its reputation as a reliable reference work and educational tool. The Encyclopedia as known up to
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Late 19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Map of Virginia, with Inset Map of the Northern Part, 1888
Located in Langweer, NL
Encyclopedia as known up to 2012 was incurring unsustainable losses and the print editions were ended, but it
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Late 19th Century British Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Egg-Shaped Vase with Dragonfly Decor, France c 1895
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
in Diameter: 6.0 cm / 2.36 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Welsh 18th Century Oil On Canvas Painting By Richard Wilson
By Richard Wilson R.A.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and
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18th Century English Antique Encyclopedias

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Rare Antique Engraving of Stenography Incl The Lords Prayer, c.1810
Located in Langweer, NL
, figures and more. This print originates from 'Encyclopedia Britannica'. Artists and Engravers: Engraved
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

The Adventurers, Post Cover
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, 1975, pp. 209-10, illustrated Mary Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalogue of
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1920s Antique Encyclopedias

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Oil

Very Rare Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Flower Decor France 1895/1900
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
/ Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2966 on page 148. Condition: very
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Flower and Leaf Decor France circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3646
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Rosehip Decor, Daum Nancy, France, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

German Antique Print of Monastery in Cádiz in Spain by Meyer, 1838
Located in Langweer, NL
- June 27, 1856) was a German industrialist and publisher, most noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Umbellifers Decor, France, circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3651 on page 175
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Antique View of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1837
Located in Langweer, NL
, most noted for his encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Meyer operated very successfully as a
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1830s Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Cameo Vase Glass with Sweat Pea Decor, France, Ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
/ Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2989 on page 148. Condition: very
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1910s Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Art Glass

Large Art Nouveau Flower Bowl With Columbine Decor, Daum Nancy, France, ca 1910
By Daum
Located in Vienna, AT
/ Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2989 on page 148. Condition: very
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

A carved walnut sofa with boat-shaped form in the style of Henry Thomas Peters
By Henry Thomas Peters
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
encyclopedias of antiquities. Perhaps the decision to leave London and embark on the Grand Tour of Southern
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Encyclopedias

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Fabric, Walnut

Original Antique Bird Engraving of a Green Macaw
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
44-volume encyclopedia attempting to include everything known about the natural world and widely
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Late 18th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Original Antique Bird Engraving of a Gridded Parrot
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
Enlightenment: a 44-volume encyclopedia attempting to include everything known about the natural world and
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Late 18th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Antique Bird Engraving of a White-Crowned Amazon
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Langweer, NL
characteristic of the 18th-century Enlightenment: a 44-volume encyclopedia attempting to include everything known
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Late 18th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Allegory of Surgery Engraving with Etching by B. L. Prevost, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
encyclopedia was enormous. This plate is from the 4to edition published by Pellet, Imprimeur-Libraire in Geneva
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1770s Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Pl. 465 Antique Print of Roof Structures by Bell, c.1810
Located in Langweer, NL
print originates from 'Encyclopedia Britannica'. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by A. Bell. Artist
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Large Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Umbellifers Decor, France, circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
/ Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3641 on page 175. Condition: very
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

Steel Engraving of Shimoda, a Port Located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, C.1840
Located in Langweer, NL
(May 9, 1796 - June 27, 1856) was a German industrialist and publisher, most noted for his encyclopedia
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1840s Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Les Pelerins d Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)
By Maurice Denis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Maurice Denis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Born: 25 November 1870, Granville, Manche, Normandy
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1890s French School Antique Encyclopedias

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Lithograph

Antique Portrait of Louis Philippe i, Last King of France, 1859
Located in Langweer, NL
'. Artists and Engravers: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikon was a major encyclopedia in the
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19th Century Antique Encyclopedias

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Paper

Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Vase, Seascape Decor, France, circa 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Encyclopedias

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Glass

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An assortment of antique encyclopedias is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, animal skin and leather, all antique encyclopedias available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique encyclopedias available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique encyclopedias bearing Art Nouveau or Industrial hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique encyclopedias have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica and Pierre Larousse are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Encyclopedias?

Prices for antique encyclopedias start at $53 and top out at $5,950 with the average selling for $1,100.