Antique Print of an Indonesian Coal Miner by Van Pers, circa 1850

Antique print titled 'Ketopat Verkoopster - Marchande de Ketoepat'. Colored lithograph of a Javanese woman selling ketupat. Ketupat is a rice-based food that is wrapped in the webbing of young coconut leaves or “janur” in Javanese language. This print originates from 'Nederlandsch Oost-Indische typen' after work by Auguste van Pers...

This print originates from the first volume of ‘De Volken van den Aardbodem (..)’ by dr. H. Berghaus. Published by G.B. van Goor, Gouda, 1855. Dutch edition.

Original antique print of arts and crafts on Timor island. This print originates from 'Costume Antico e Moderno: Palestine, China, India, Oceania' by Ferrario. Published 1831.

Antique print titled 'De Seninnan-Ganger - Chef Javanais préparé pour le Seninan'. Colored lithograph of a Javanese chief, preparing for a tournament. This print originates from 'Nederlandsch Oost-Indische typen' after work by Auguste van Pers...

Etching on laid paper Signed in plate lower left: Armand Gautier Published by Cadart Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortis...

Lithograph on paper realized by Ulysses Butin (1837-1883). Not signed. as issued. Good condition with the left corners missing.

'Coupang : Ile Timor. Divers Travaux Mécaniques' Steel-engraving by Friedrich Schroeder (1768-1839) after F Garnier after Alphonse Pellion. Alphonse Pellion, artist and naval draughtsman, was a midshipman aboard l'Uranie on Louis de Freycinet's three-year scientific and ethnographic expedition around the world in 1817-1820. From Louis Freycinet's 'Voyage Autour du Monde, Entrepris par Ordre du Roi ... Execue sur les Corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne Pendant les Annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820', published in Paris in 1825. Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1842) joined the French Navy in 1793 and was a veteran of the Baudin's voyage of discovery (1801-1803). He also completed the narrative of the expedition which appeared under the title of 'Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes'. In 1817 de Freycinet successfully lobbied the Government and King Louis XVIII agreed to support a new global campaign. Its mission was to finally determine the shape of the earth and return with detailed reports on geography, people, government, commerce and art of this new world. The 350-ton corvette Uranie had a complement of 120 men and 23 officers including the artist Jacques Arago and a priest. Over the next three years Uranie visited Australia, East Timor...

Antique Copper Engraving Print with Popular Bavarian Scene ca. 1900 A lovely copperplate engraving print depicting a folksy Bavarian scenery in a mountain hut. Two hunters impress a...