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Siam Lacquered Manuscrit Cabinet
Located in Fossano, IT
A very fine siamese manuscript storage cabinet. Trapezoidal shape, made with hard wood and painted
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Early 19th Century Thai Antique Manuscript

Materials

Hardwood

Original Antique 19th Century Portrait of a Nobleman American School Painting
Located in Whitefish, MT
carvings, weathervanes, and fraktur (decorated manuscripts). Today, American school folk art is highly
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1820s Folk Art Antique Manuscript

Materials

Oil, Board

Study for the ceiling of Musee du Louvre - Portrait of a soldier of Napoléon
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
the orders of Bonaparte, ceiling commissioned in 1828 for the Room of the papyri and Greek manuscripts
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1830s French School Antique Manuscript

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christ Cures Two Blind Men and a Dumb Man - Masters of the Suffrages
By Masters of The Suffrages
Located in New York, NY
Dutch miniature is the work of the last notable workshop of manuscript illumination in the Netherlands
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Manuscript

Christ Drives out the Devils - Masters of the Suffrages
By Masters of The Suffrages
Located in New York, NY
miniature is the work of the last notable workshop of manuscript illumination in the Netherlands, named that
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Manuscript

Untitled - A landscape.
By Jean Le Pautre
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
people on a street drinking and playing a game. Numbered in manuscript: 67. Possibly a proof, without
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17th Century Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Book of Hours (Use of Cambrai)
By Book of Hours
Located in New York, NY
In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment, France, Valenciennes, c. 1475-1480 1
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Manuscript

1835 Map of Turtle Bay Farms, New York City
Located in New York, NY
of the manuscript map dated 1835. Edwin Smith (fl. 1831 - 1871) was a New York City based municipal
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1860s Realist Antique Manuscript

Materials

Ink

Antique Pictorial Tabriz
Located in Aspen, CO
Paradise. This drawing comes from ancient manuscripts. The rug is in perfect condition. The colors are
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Early 1900s Persian Antique Manuscript

Materials

Wool

Untitled - An umbrella seller on a Dutch market near a pub.
By Anton Franciscus Pieck
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
" (impression by the artist) in the artist's manuscript. Made by Anton Franciscus Pieck after own design. Anton
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1920s Antique Manuscript

Materials

Etching

1830c Gottfried Mind, Juvenalia, “Fantasies”, with 12 Fine Aquatints
Located in Norwich, GB
details in manuscript. Publisher’s engraved label to inner front board. Exceedingly rare collection
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1810s Swiss Antique Manuscript

Materials

Paper

Valentine Lithograph after 1771 Map of Turtle Bay, New York City
Located in New York, NY
Original Valentine lithograph after a manuscript map and survey entitled "At the request of the
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Manuscript

Materials

Lithograph

Signed 1920 s Le Verre Francais Cameo Glass Vase, 18cm High
By Le Verre Francais, Schneider Glass
Located in Stratford Upon Avon, GB
in manuscript. This may be the design name or possibly the retailer's name.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Manuscript

Hon-kozane ni-mai do tosei gusoku
Located in Milano, IT
originated. According to the Meiko Zukan, the most important antique manuscript about Japanese armor, it was
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Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Manuscript

Materials

Iron

Series of 23, 18th Century Celestial Prints by Vincenzo Coronelli
By Vincenzo Coronelli
Located in New York, NY
Franciscan monk and revered globe maker famous for creating a pair of monumental manuscript globes for Louis
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18th Century Italian Antique Manuscript

Materials

Paper

Carte reduite du Golphe de St. Laurent [...].
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
additional lines added. Remains of manuscript annotations are present. A superb and extremely rare example of
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Mid-18th Century Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Armand Félix Abel Seguin, Still life
By Armand Seguin
Located in Tricase, IT
publisher, he could not publish his "annotations" in full. A part of the manuscripts has even been lost and
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1880s Post-Impressionist Antique Manuscript

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait from Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Horseshoe Crab - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Venus clams - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
wrote about his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Lobster from Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Neptune or Poseidon - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked on, by
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Coconut Crab - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Depiction - Daniel in lionpit by Pietro Santi Bartoli - Engraving - 17th Century
By Pietro Santi Bartoli
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
: Good, given age. No margins, old central fold, some manuscript nrs. Some foxing. General age-related
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1660s Contemporary Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Title page - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Snail and Mollusks - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Nautilus Shell - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Bivalve Mollusks - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked on, by help of an
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

The Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Oyster Species - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Trumpet snail - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Cypraea snail - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Set of 2 plates - Amber - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
wrote about his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Jewel Boxes - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
wrote about his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his
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1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Fossilized shells and fish - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - 18th c
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
his observations and made drawings, but the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got
Category

1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Nautilus Shell - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the greater part of his manuscripts and all his drawings got lost. He became blind in 1670, but worked
Category

1740s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Sea chart of the Southern Atlantic Ocean - Engraving - 18th century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
manuscript annotations are present. A superb and extremely rare example of this chart with handdrawn lines
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1750s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Antique English Gold Band Posy Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
commonplace sentiments, like the present ring. Manuscript repertories of posies exist from the late sixteenth
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17th Century English Antique Manuscript

Materials

Gold

Mother and Child In An Orchard
By Giuseppe Solenghi
Located in Heathfield, GB
Mentessi. For a five year period, 1895-1900, he dedicated himself to working on illuminated manuscripts. He
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Early 20th Century Antique Manuscript

Materials

Oil

Vienna, Austria; Wienn in Osterreich
Located in New York, NY
with some 3,000 pages of manuscript and 1,400 colored ink drawings.
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18th Century Antique Manuscript

Materials

Etching

Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
seen in 14th and 15th century manuscripts. Beautifully carved, inlaid and painted examples would have
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Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Manuscript

Materials

Oak

Carte d une Partie de l Amerique Septentrionale
By Francois Soules
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MANUSCRIPT MAP OF THE SAME NAME IN THE ROCHAMBEAU COLLECTION (MSS. 59) IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. THE
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

1818 Map of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Located in New York, NY
manuscript sketch by Henry De Berniere, which was apparently discovered in a trunk, it depicts the American
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1810s Realist Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

David Offering his Soul to God - Nerio (active Bologna first quarter of the 14th century)
Located in New York, NY
signature in a manuscript in Paris (BnF, MS lat. 8941, f. 4r). This miniaturist was probably active mostly
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Manuscript

Continental Gold Megillah Case Scroll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Length: 9.5 inches. * Full manuscript Esther scroll on vellum housed within. Accompanying this gold
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Antique Manuscript

Materials

Gold

Important Pair of George II Giltwood Armchairs, circa 1755
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, Middlesex
unpublished manuscript drawing of a 'French Chair', circa 1760. The fluidity of form with the boldly outswept
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1750s English Chippendale Antique Manuscript

Materials

Giltwood

Fortune Teller Figure. Bow Porcelain C1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
on brown decorated tops, and leans across her clasped hand; a large gilt edged manuscript or folder
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Manuscript

Materials

Porcelain

Louis XVI Gilt Bronze and White Marble Quarter Striking Clock by Meuron
Located in London, Middlesex
included the only six surviving manuscript pages of Pliny’s letters which were later acquired by J
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1790s Swiss Louis XVI Antique Manuscript

Materials

Ormolu

Assumption of the Virgin
By Miniature
Located in New York, NY
worthy of note, for they help situate the parent manuscript in a context of patronage: the initial with
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Manuscript

Carte reduite des Mers du Nord [...].
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
additional lines added. Remains of manuscript annotations are present. A superb and extremely rare example of
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Mid-18th Century Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Carte reduite des costes d Espagne et de Portugal [...].
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
over by hand (!) in a greenish colour, with additional lines added. Remains of manuscript annotations
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Mid-18th Century Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Highly decorative sea chart of the Pacific Ocean - Engraving - 18th century
By Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Australia. With a large decorative cartouche. With manuscript additions in red ink of South Pacific islands
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1750s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Sea chart of Santa Domingo and its surroundings - Engraving - 18th century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
drawn over by hand (!) in a greenish colour, with additional lines added. Remains of manuscript
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1750s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Sea chart of Gulf of Saint Laurence and Belle Isle - Engraving - 18th century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
manuscript annotations are present. A superb and extremely rare example of this chart with handdrawn lines
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1750s Old Masters Antique Manuscript

Materials

Engraving

Neo-Greek Style Cup by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Louis-Constant Sévin
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Louis-Constant Sevin
Located in Marseille, FR
Byzantine arabesques drawn in the Greek and Roman manuscripts. Piedouche cup laid on a square base
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1860s French Classical Greek Antique Manuscript

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Onyx, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Sconces After André-Charles Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Pasadena, CA
Michelangelo and the manuscript journal kept by Rubens in Italy. The compulsive Boulle attended literally
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Mid-19th Century Louis XV Antique Manuscript

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Book of Hours
By Book of Hours
Located in New York, NY
In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum France, Poitiers, c. 1480 8 large miniatures
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Manuscript

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