Les Merveilles de la Mer: Les Coquillages – Paul Valéry and Paul-André Robert, 1936
A beautifully illustrated French volume devoted to seashells, published by Librairie Plon, Paris, in 1936. Les Merveilles de la Mer:
New on Village Antiques
Jakob Christian Bergner (1812–1877) – Study of Three Birds, 1862
A finely observed mixed-media study of three dead birds suspended together from a small nail, including a woodcock at the
Antique Botanical Illustration of Marshall’s Wallflower, 1850
Marshall’s Wallflower – Cheiranthus Marshallii An antique hand-coloured botanical engraving of Cheiranthus Marshallii, or Marshall’s wallflower, published in The Floricultural
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Figures in a Landscape – 1945 Ink Sketch by Ernst Georg Heussler
Striking preparatory sketch for a wall mural. Ink wash on very thin Japan paper. An artist sits on a log
Antique Prints
Pancrace Bessa – Aloë Lingua from Flore des jardiniers
An original hand-coloured botanical engraving of Aloë Lingua, published in Paris in 1836 in Pancrace Bessa’s Flore des jardiniers, amateurs
Switzerland
Schloss Thun by Werner Engel
View of the Castle of Thun – Schloss Thun – engraving by Swiss Artist Werner Engel.
Two Antique Engravings of Mills in the Lausanne Countryside
Old Mills Outside the Walls of Lausanne Two antique engravings of old mills outside the walls of Lausanne in the
Antique Print – Pfeffers, Convent and Village (Sold)
Couvent et Village de Pfeffers The Convent at Pfeffers This beautiful 19th Century lithograph is based on a work by
View of Bern – Expressionist Woodblock by Werner Engel (SOLD)
Wonderful expressionist view of Bern seen from the hillside heading up towards Rosengarten park.
Folk Art
Clementine Hunter – “Black Flying Angels” (Sold)
Clementine Hunter Black Flying Angels A spectacular large canvas by the famous Louisiana Folk Artist Clementine Hunter features her signature
