1770s Prints

This is an 18th-century hand-colored copper engraving created by Johann Michael Seligmann, based on an original illustration by the renowned English naturalist and illustrator George...

An 18th-century hand-colored copper engraving by Johann Michael Seligmann, based on an illustration by George Edwards. The print is from Seligmann’s *Sammlung verschiedener ausländ...

The Red-Breasted Merganser: Hand-Colored Engraving from the Seligmann Edition after George Edwards’ Natural History This engraving depicts a Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)...

This engraving features "Delphinus Phocaena Linn.," referring to what we now call the harbor porpoise (*Phocoena phocoena*). This depiction forms part of a broader collection from th...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Côte Occidentale de l'Isle Sumatra'. Sea chart of the part of the south-western coast of Sumatra with the Nassau (Nias) and Fortune isles. Artists ...

Antique map titled 'Carte de la Navigation de Batavia a Amboina'. Rare chart of Indonesia including Borneo, Java, Celebes, Ceram and more. This map originates from 'Voyage par le Cap...

Antique map titled 'Cote Septentrional de la plus grande des Isles de la Reine Charlotte (..)'. Map and coastal view of the islands within the Queen Charlotte's Islands (Santa Cruz Islands...

Antique print titled 'Isles de Sir Charles Saunder Latitude (..)'. Coastal views of Sir Charles Saunders Island ; Osnaburg Island [Mehetia, in French Polynesia] ; Boscawens Islan...

Antique print titled 'La récréation Flamande'. Original antique print of people playing games in Flanders, Belgium. Published 1774. Artists and En...

Antique map titled 'Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte (..)'. Original antique map of the discoveries of Admiral de Fonte, showing the possibility of a north-west passage. Interesting map of the NW Coast...

Antique print titled 'Hou-Baara, Rhaad (..)'. Old bird print depicting a houbara bird, the rhaad or Arabian bustard, willow ptarmigan and a long neck bird. Originates from the fi...

Antique print titled 'Kauft Dinten! - De l'Encre!'. Old profession print depicting an ink seller. This print originates from 'Zeichnungen nach dem gemeinen Volke besonders Der Ka...

Antique print, titled: 'Vue de l'Est du Pont et Nouvel-Arsenal de Kingiston sur l'Hull.' - View of the New Bridge and arsenal of Kingston, Hull, Yorkshire, Great Britain. This is an ...

Description: Antique print titled 'Habillemens des Kamtchadals'. Copper engraving of Kamchadal men. This print originates from volume 19 of 'Histoire generale des voyages (..)' by Antoine Francois Prevost d'Exile. Artists and Engravers: Published by Panckoucke. The Kamchadals inhabit Kamchatka, Russia. The name "Kamchadal" was applied to the descendants of the local Siberians and aboriginal peoples (the Itelmens, Ainu, Koryaks and Chuvans) who assimilated with the Russians. The descendants of the mixed-blood Russian settlers in 18th-19th century are called Kamchadals these days. The Kamchadals speak Russian with a touch of local dialects of the aboriginal languages of Kamchatka. The Kamchadals engage in fur trading...

Description: Antique print titled 'The Rejoicings of the Mexicans, at the beginning of the Age'. Copper engraving showing the celebrations of the Mexicans with music and natives dancing...

Antique print titled 'Ichneumon (..)'. Old bird print depicting the Egyptian mongoose, lizard species, locust and a sea urchin. Originates from the first Dutch editon of an interes...

Antique print China titled 'Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine'. Optical view of the coronation c...

Antique Engraving Print, Rustics of Japan, 1778, Plate : 'A Method of Riding & c. practised by the Rustics of Japan.' Copperplate engraving on a verge type of hand-laid paper. Description: This antique print originates from 'New Complete & Universal System...

18h Century, Four Italian Etching Allegory of the Four Seasons Allegory of the Four Seasons, engraved by Giovanni Volpato and drawn by Francesco Maggiotto...

This is an 18th century hand-colored map of the western portions of North America entitled "Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-Ouest separés de l'Asie par le détroit d'Anian, ex...

Flotte d'Otahiti assembled at Oparee. Colored engraving. Robert Benard (active 1750-1785), 1778. Hand-colored engraving from the series “The Voyages of Captain Cook”, which makes n...