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Letterpress Wood Block Sculpture
Located in East Hampton, NY
Antique letterpress printers wood block sculpture.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Wood
Letterpress Print of Charles Baudelaire by Manet, C. 1862
By Édouard Manet
Located in Ross, CA
Original letterpress print of 1862 Manet etching of Charles Baudelaire by French artist Édouard
Category
1860s French French Provincial Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Wood Carved SHOW Majorette Letterpress Triangle Poster Company
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved circus or carnival SHOW letterpress with wonderful and graphic carved majorette
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Antique Letterpress
Materials
Wood
18th Century Inn License in a Gilt Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Original 1790 NY state inn license letterpressed in a faux gilt and lacquer frame
Category
Late 19th Century American Rustic Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lacquer
Dutch Fleet at St. Helena (Calatog), Early Voyage Scene, Linschoten c.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
of text on the reverse.
Technique: Copperplate engraving with letterpress text on laid paper
Maker
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Earliest Depiction of Bali, Dutch Engraving of the King of Bali, c.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
tweede Boeck, the leaf combines copper engraving with letterpress text on laid paper. It represents the
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Pair of De Bry Engravings of Birds, Fish
Sea Plants en Route to India, c.1598
Located in Langweer, NL
1598–1601), each accompanied by its complete Latin letterpress text. These early depictions of marine
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 475 (Child Climbing onto Chair)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on
Category
1880s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photogravure
Animal Locomotion: Plate 472 (Child Climbing Up Staircase)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on
Category
1880s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photogravure
Early Exploration Engraving – Dutch Encounter with Islanders, De Bry 1599
Located in Langweer, NL
perceptions of the non-European world.
The accompanying German letterpress text describes the Dutch attempt
Category
16th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 682 (Stag Running)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on
Category
1880s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photogravure
Price Upon Request
Animal Locomotion: Plate 471 (Child Crawling)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on
Category
1880s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photogravure
Price Upon Request
Animal Locomotion: Plate 672 (Ox Walking)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on
Category
1880s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photogravure
Price Upon Request
Bordeaux City View – Braun
Hogenberg Original Woodcut, ca. 1575
Located in Langweer, NL
stylized scrollwork and corner embellishments. The reverse side features letterpress text in Gothic type
Category
16th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
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
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Erotic Medical Guide with 21 Chromolithographs and Clasp Binding, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
: Chromolithography and letterpress
Maker: M. Platen, Bong & Co., Berlin, c.1900
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
De Bry Indian Botanical Engravings – Coconut, Bamboo
Cashew Trees, c.1598
Located in Langweer, NL
letterpress text. These remarkable plates illustrate early European observations of the exotic flora of India
Category
16th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Indigenous Fishing Scene – Early Dutch Engraving from Linschoten, c.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
viewing of the text verso.
Technique: Copperplate engraving with letterpress text on laid paper
Maker
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Earliest Depiction of Balinese Festival and Gamelan, Dutch Engraving c.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
with the companion leaf showing the King of Bali.
Technique: Copperplate engraving with letterpress
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux
Lithograph, 1843
Letterpress signature lower left corner
Signature
Category
1840s Romantic Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Animal Locomotion: Plate 161 (Man Leaping), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh's 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 730 (Tiger Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 162 (Man Leaping Forwards), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh's
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Animal Locomotion: Plate 682 (Stag Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: 671 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh's 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 89 (Nude Man Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 92 (Nude Woman Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 672 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 773 (Ostrich Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 11 (Nude Man Striding), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh's
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 158 (Man Performing a High Jump), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Letterpress
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sans titre (1881), James Drummond, R.S.A., F.S.A.
Located in Fairfield, CT
in the 1840s and 1850s were published after his death, with descriptive letterpress in Old Edinburgh
Category
1880s Academic Antique Letterpress
Materials
Oil
$39,996 Sale Price
20% Off
De Bry Engraving Expressio Germinum – Exotic Plants of St. Lawrence Island, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
the fine engraving lines and Latin typography.
Technique: Copper engraving with Latin letterpress
Category
16th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Rare 1766 Bavarian Schreib-Kalender – Annotated with Contemporary Notes
Located in Langweer, NL
.
Technique:
Letterpress printing with woodcut ornaments; manuscript annotations in ink.
Maker:
Franz Joseph
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
De Bry Botanical Engravings – Pineapple, Mango
Pepper Plants, c.1598
Located in Langweer, NL
with Latin letterpress text on laid paper
Maker: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Frankfurt am Main, circa
Category
16th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Early Depiction of Sati Ritual, Widow Burning on Pyre, Dutch Engraving c.1601
Located in Langweer, NL
with letterpress text on laid paper
Maker: After Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Amsterdam, c.1601
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Impressive Geological Map of Australia – Rare Oversized Wall Display, 1931–32
Located in Langweer, NL
-printed geological map, linen-backed; letterpress volume with plates and folding tables.
Maker:
Sir
Category
Early 20th Century Australian Antique Letterpress
Materials
Linen, Paper
De Bry Botanical Engravings – Cinnamon, Aloe
Aromatic Plants, c.1598
Located in Langweer, NL
with Latin letterpress text on laid paper
Maker: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Frankfurt am Main, circa
Category
16th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
Exotic Encounters: Giant Crabs, Tortoises, Whales, and Cockfights - De Bry, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
: Copper engraving on laid paper with letterpress text in Latin
Maker: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter
s Westminster by R. Ackermann
W.Combe
Located in Middletown, NY
offset from the plates and foxing only on the letterpress for one gathering towards the end of Vol. 2
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Letterpress
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Antique 37.5 in. Steel Rolling Turtle Printer
s Table
Located in New York, NY
casters were made by Darnell Caster. This type of table was used in letterpress printing to transport lead
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Letterpress
Materials
Steel
Vision Antique
By Paul Berthon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant to stand alone as significant works of art in
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Map of the Extension of the Russian Empire in the XIXth Century, 1806
Located in Langweer, NL
Russian Empire at the beginning of the XIXth century. Several letterpress notations are present on the map
Category
Early 1800s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
$536 Sale Price
20% Off
Visible Side of the Moon Map – Detailed Lunar Crater Chart, Published in 1858
Located in Langweer, NL
printed via letterpress on heavy board, designed for durability over frequent consultation.
Condition
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
18th Century Inn License in a Gilt Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Original 1790 NY state inn license letterpressed in a faux gilt and lacquer frame.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Letterpress
A Polish Metal Printing Block for a Printing Press
Located in New York, NY
printed text and enhancing the visual structure.
This printer's block was part of a letterpress printing
Category
19th Century Polish Antique Letterpress
Materials
Metal, Lead
The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
with engraved descriptive letterpress at foot, tissue guards, light scattered spotting, contemporary
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Letterpress
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Java Landscapes – Rare Pair of Deluxe Folio Chromolithographs by Salm, 1865-72
Located in Langweer, NL
with first-generation chromolithography.
Both prints bear the discreet letterpress titles “A. Salm” at
Category
1860s Dutch Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
$4,730 Sale Price / set
25% Off
La Pointe de Bretteville
By Paul Berthon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nouveau posters, Berthon's panneaux decoratifs included no advertising and no letterpress. They were meant
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Paris, FR
characteristics, foibles and vices of the various classes of French society. The letterpress explanations attached
Category
1840s Romantic Antique Letterpress
Materials
Carbon Pencil
The Draped Figure, Seated
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the letterpress lower left: "T. Way. Imp London"
The stone erased in 1904
The majority of the lifetime
Category
1890s American Impressionist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
LAST PERFORMANCE BY COOKE AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL EDINBURGH FOR 1833. Printed letterpress playbill
Category
1830s British Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
1825 Buchon Map of Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands with Detailed Colonial History
Located in Langweer, NL
this map apart is the surrounding letterpress text in French. The descriptions cover the geography
Category
1820s Antique Letterpress
Materials
Paper
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
A Parallel of Antient Architecture with Modern by John EVELYN
Located in Middletown, NY
; woodcut initials. Engraved t.p. precedes letterpress t.p. with portrait of Monsieur de Noyers, in
Category
Mid-17th Century English Antique Letterpress
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Draped Figure, Seated
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the letterpress lower left: "T. Way. Imp London"
The stone erased in 1904
The majority of the lifetime
Category
1890s American Impressionist Antique Letterpress
Materials
Lithograph
Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
engraved title page signed 'S Nicholls sculp:' replacing the letterpress one, and introductory sonnet
Category
1750s British Antique Letterpress
Materials
Leather
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