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Antique Print of the Anglerfish or Monkfish – Hand-Colored Lithograph, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Print of the Anglerfish or Monkfish – Hand-Colored French Lithograph, 1845
This remarkable
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Rare Antique Butterfly Prints – Javanese Species, Set of Three Plates, 1908
Located in Langweer, NL
scholars alike.
Beyond their scientific importance, these prints hold strong decorative appeal. The
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Majestic Bears of the 19th Century – Exquisite Antique Natural History Prints
Located in Langweer, NL
black bear. These natural history prints exemplify the meticulous scientific illustration style of the
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1830s Antique Scientific Prints
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19th Century Lepidoptera: An Illustrated Compendium of Moths and Butterflies
Located in Langweer, NL
practice in the production of high-quality scientific books in the 19th century. The condition of the print
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1840s French Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Insect Prints: Small Vibrant Engravings of Bugs, Leaves
Flowers, 1832
Located in Langweer, NL
scientifically significant but also visually captivating. These prints offer a rare glimpse into 19th-century
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1830s Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Print of the King Angelfish – Hand-Colored French Lithograph, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
artistic refinement and scientific precision is characteristic of prints produced under French government
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Botanical Illustration of Farfugium grande Leaf, 1854-1855 Lithograph Print
Located in Langweer, NL
that make these prints valuable both scientifically and aesthetically.
The careful attention to
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1850s Antique Scientific Prints
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$132 Sale Price
20% Off
Unique Entomology Study - Hand-Colored Butterfly Prints Published in ca.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
prints provide an artistic yet scientifically accurate view of the life cycle of these fascinating
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1780s Antique Scientific Prints
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$360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Small and Rare Natural History Prints Featuring Insects and Plants, 1832
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Rare 19th-Century Natural History Prints Featuring Insects and Plants
Description: This set
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1830s Antique Scientific Prints
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Vulture Etching – Natural History Print of the Andean Condor, ca.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
, often created as scientific references or limited edition collector’s prints. The composition’s vertical
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Late 19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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Vintage Sea Life Print – Moray Eel and Panther Shark from French Voyage
Located in Langweer, NL
Rognard, and printed by Bougeard. It showcases the elegance and scientific rigor of mid-19th-century
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Wondrous Moths and Hawkmoths – Hand-Colored 19th-Century Natural History Print
Located in Langweer, NL
stages, meticulously illustrated with scientific accuracy. The print captures the fascinating variety of
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1830s Antique Scientific Prints
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$151 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Bird Print of Black Terns in Marsh Landscape, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
scientific and artistic circles.
Bird prints like this one were intended for both educational and decorative
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Late 19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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Rare Original Old Bird Print Depicting the Pacific Dovekie, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
connoisseurs of natural history.
4. **Artistic and Scientific Value:** Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this print
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1860s Antique Scientific Prints
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$1,091 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand-Colored Engraving of a Bearded Barbet – Exotic Ornithological Print, c.1808
Located in Langweer, NL
feature commonly seen in scientific ornithological prints of this period.
The engraving was produced
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Early 1800s Antique Scientific Prints
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Snake Print of Elephant Trunk Snake and Sea Krait, c.1850, Orbigny
Located in Langweer, NL
Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle, this print exemplifies the artistic and scientific ambitions of
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Bird Print of a Green Pie from the East Indies
Located in Langweer, NL
Europe.
This print, with its combination of scientific accuracy and aesthetic charm, would have
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Mid-18th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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$322 Sale Price
20% Off
Snake Print of Coral Snake and Egyptian Cobra, c.1850, by Orbigny
Located in Langweer, NL
d’Histoire Naturelle* under the direction of Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny, this print combines scientific
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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19th-Century Lithograph of a Raccoon and Bear – Stunning Natural History Print
Located in Langweer, NL
Century, Lithograph, Natural History, Zoology, Bear, Raccoon, Scientific Illustration, Antique Print
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1830s Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Print of The Extinct Dodo and the Trumpeter Bird, 18th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
.
This print offers both scientific and aesthetic appeal, ideal for collectors of antique natural history
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Late 18th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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Entomological Elegance: An Original Antique Catalogue of Beetles, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
scientific community's efforts to classify and understand the vast diversity of insect life.
The print is a
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1840s Antique Scientific Prints
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$223 Sale Price
24% Off
Rare Antique Medical Print – Surgical Tourniquet from Diderot, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
, contributing to the spread of modern scientific understanding.
This print is more than a technical depiction
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Old Purple Jacob
s Ladder, Golden Monkeyflower and Red Kangaroo Paw Prints, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
and skilled process. This adds an artistic value to the prints, as each piece is not only a scientific
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1790s Antique Scientific Prints
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$493 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Raptor Chronicles: Antique Ornithological Print of the Northern Hawk-Owl, 1894
Located in Langweer, NL
: Ornithological prints like this one were created with a strong emphasis on scientific precision. The goal was to
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Late 19th Century German Antique Scientific Prints
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Male Common Merganser Antique Bird Print by Sepp
Nozeman, circa 1809
Located in Langweer, NL
Male Common Merganser Antique Bird Print by Sepp & Nozeman, circa 1809
This refined and lifelike
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19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Bird Print of the Eurasian Hobby Falcon by Von Wright
1929
Located in Langweer, NL
. **Scientific Accuracy**: Ornithological prints of this nature were created with a strong emphasis on scientific
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Early 20th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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Set of 3 Antique Bird Prints - Parrots - Passerines - Birds of Prey, circa 1820
Located in Langweer, NL
Contribution**: These prints are part of a larger work that contains significant scientific descriptions. The
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Mid-19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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$332 Sale Price / set
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Set of 2 Antique Prints of various Beetles including a Rhinoceros Beetle
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of two hand-colored antique prints depicting many beetles. Source unknown, to be determined
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Late 19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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$227 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Bird Print of the Black Grouse
Hybrid
by Naumann, circa 1895
Located in Langweer, NL
and contributed significantly to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. The print serves as a
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Late 19th Century German Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Print of a Female Sri Lanka Ornamental Tiger Spider or Tarantula, 1833
Located in Langweer, NL
of significant scientific exploration and documentation. These old prints are often sought after by
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Mid-19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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$322 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Rare Fish Print of the Witch Flounder or Torbay Sole, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
interest to naturalists. This print balances scientific precision with visual elegance, presenting the fish
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1840s French Antique Scientific Prints
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$729 Sale Price
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Antique Print with Hand Coloring of a Black Giant Squirrel or Javan Squirrel
Located in Langweer, NL
squirrel (scientific name: Ratufa bicolor). This print is particularly historical and valuable because it
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Mid-19th Century Antique Scientific Prints
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$246 Sale Price
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Antique Print of a Macaque and a Red-Shanked Douc by D. Diderot, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
Encyclopédie aimed to compile. The intricate artwork and scientific accuracy make this print a valuable piece
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Megatherium Skeleton Lithograph – Giant Ground Sloth, Brodtmann c.1830
Located in Langweer, NL
presence.
This print appeals to collectors of natural history, paleontology, and early scientific
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1830s Swiss Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Hand-Colored Satyrus Statilinus Butterfly Pair by Sepp
Brants, 1905
Located in Langweer, NL
statilinus, dutch natural history art, hand colored insect print, antique scientific illustration, antique
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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18th century Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch- A Pair
By Marcus Elieser Bloch
Located in Downingtown, PA
by small anatomical diagrams (such as cross-sections) typical of Bloch’s scientific rigor. The prints
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18th Century German Georgian Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Dutch Plusia Moneta Moth Diptych, Hand-Colored by Sepp
Brants, 1908
Located in Langweer, NL
original printed text leaves from Parts 7–8, preserving the essential unity between scientific explanation
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Lithographs of Squirrels
Flying Squirrels, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
natural history, Brodtmann lithography, Schinz zoology, scientific illustration, animal prints for
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1830s Swiss Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Pair of Sciapteron Xystophora Moths, Hand-Colored by Sepp
Brants, 1906
Located in Langweer, NL
entomology art, hand colored insect print, antique scientific illustration, rare lepidoptera art, museum
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Moth Pair Xylina Lambda Ortholithia by Sepp
Brants - Handcolor, 1905
Located in Langweer, NL
entomology art, hand colored insect print, antique scientific illustration, rare lepidoptera art, museum
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Botanical Wall Art Pair – Purple Knapweed
Bitterroot, London 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
settings.
Originally produced for a scientific botanical publication, the prints balance botanical
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1870s British Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Botanical Wall Art Set of 3 – Alpine Rose, Primrose
Wildflowers, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
: This elegant decorative set of three original 19th-century botanical prints was published in London in
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1870s British Antique Scientific Prints
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Set of Two Anatomical Engravings of Human Skulls – Comparative Craniology, 1803
Located in Langweer, NL
figure is individually labeled according to the scientific classification systems used in the period
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Vintage Boho Botanical Engravings - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
tropical flora, from sweeping fronds to delicate seed pods, rendered with a sophisticated scientific
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Scientific Prints
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Vintage Boho Botanical Engraving
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
of 18th-century scientific discovery. This print serves as a sophisticated focal point, bringing a
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Early 20th Century Italian Other Antique Scientific Prints
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Wood Pigeons in a Spring Landscape – Elegant Antique Bird Chromolithograph, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
the dual purpose of such prints: scientific accuracy combined with decorative appeal.
This work is
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Late 19th Century German Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Ornithological
Zoological Engraving – Bird and Bat Species, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
composition make this piece not only a document of scientific history but also an appealing decorative print
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Early 19th Century German Antique Scientific Prints
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Hand-Colored Botanical Engravings of Caraway and Earth-Nut Species, 1902
Located in Langweer, NL
, uniting artistic delicacy with scientific accuracy.
The first print, Carum verticillatum, known as Worled
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Early 1900s British Antique Scientific Prints
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Two Species of Wrasse Fish – Hand-Colored Engraving, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
exotic marine species from voyages to Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. The prints served both scientific
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1780s Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Victorian Butterfly Plates - The Rhopalocera of Java by Piepers
Snellen, 1908
Located in Langweer, NL
, combined with scientific precision, make these prints both aesthetically captivating and historically
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Large Antique Entomology Poster – Dragonflies, Crickets
Flies, ca.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
contexts.
This print combines artistic beauty with scientific accuracy, making it highly decorative for
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Scientific Prints
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Bignonia venusta – Antique Botanical Chromolithograph, 1880s
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking original botanical print from the 1880s, featuring Bignonia venusta, also known as flame
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19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Vintage Fish Illustration – Sea Bass and Mottled Soapfish, Paris 1846
Located in Langweer, NL
-coloring are characteristic of early French scientific expedition prints. Each species is presented in
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Mackerel Jack and Surgeonfish – Decorative Antique Sea Life Lithograph, 1846
Located in Langweer, NL
, underscoring the plate’s scientific purpose.
This print is labeled “Poissons Pl. 7” and was drawn by Werner
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Scientific Prints
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Alpine Botanical Lithograph of Dwarf Hoary Sea-lavender, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
scientific accuracy. This print is no exception, offering a glimpse into the meticulous work of the period’s
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1870s Antique Scientific Prints
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Javanese Butterflies – Three Antique Chromolithograph Plates, Java 1908–1910
Located in Langweer, NL
scholars alike.
Beyond their scientific importance, these prints hold strong decorative appeal. The
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Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Exotic Wildflower with Butterflies – Rare Botanical Engraving by Meerburgh, 1775
Located in Langweer, NL
scientifically valuable natural history prints of the Dutch Enlightenment.
The plate features an intricately
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Scientific Prints
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Antique Scientific Prints For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of antique scientific prints available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique scientific prints was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and canvas. Antique scientific prints have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique scientific prints to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Nouveau antique scientific prints are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique scientific prints over the years, but those made by George Perry are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Scientific Prints?
Prices for antique scientific prints can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique scientific prints begin at $30 and can go as high as $3,250, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.
Finding the Right Prints for You
Prints are works of art produced in multiple editions. Though several copies of a specific artwork can exist, collectors consider antique and vintage prints originals when they have been manually created by the artist or are “impressions” that are part of the artist’s intent for the work.
Modern artists use a range of printmaking techniques to produce different types of prints such as relief, intaglio and planographic. Relief prints are created by cutting away a printing surface to leave only a design. Ink or paint is applied to the raised parts of the surface, and it is used to stamp or press the design onto paper or another surface. Relief prints include woodcuts, linocuts and engravings.
Intaglio prints are the opposite of relief prints in that they are incised into the printing surface. The artist cuts the design into a block, plate or other material and then coats it with ink before wiping off the surface and transferring the design to paper through tremendous pressure. Intaglio prints have plate marks showing the impression of the original block or plate as it was pressed onto the paper.
Artists create planographic prints by drawing a design on a stone or metal plate using a grease crayon. The plate is washed with water, then ink is spread over the plate and it adheres to the grease markings. The image is then stamped on paper to make prints.
All of these printmaking methods have an intricate process, although each can usually transfer only one color of ink. Artists use separate plates or blocks for multiple colors, and together these create one finished work of art.
Find prints ranging from the 18th- and 19th-century bird illustrations by J.C. Sepp to mid-century modern prints, as well as numerous other antique and vintage prints at 1stDibs. Browse the collection today and read about how to arrange wall art in your space.
Questions About Antique Scientific Prints
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 20, 2024Yes, some antique prints are worth something. There is often a market for prints at least 100 years old, especially those produced by Old Masters, such as Rembrandt, Albrecht Dürer and Francisco Goya. However, prices do vary based on the maker, historical significance, image quality, medium, series size, condition and other factors. If you'd like an estimate as to the value of a particular print in your collection, you may wish to work with a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of art prints.
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