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:
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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
Day Laborers: Arne Siegfried
Original engraving by Lucerne (Luzern) artist Arne Siegfried. Signed in pencil by the artist, dated [19]23, and titled “Tagloehner.”
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
Swiss Army – L’Armee Suisse / Geniesoldat – Sappeur / Soldat du Genie – Sappeur
L’Armée Suisse – Combat Engineer in Swiss Army Geniesoldat – Sappeur / Soldat du Genie – Sappeur
Antique Engraving of Geneva, Switzerland from Zurlauben’s Topography
Vue de La Vile de Geneve Prise du Lac Large format Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around 1780.
Josef Clemens Kaufmann – Wounded Soldier – Original Drawing
Drawing, Soldier, Swiss Soldier, Swiss Army, 19th Century, Militaria, Military
Traditional Costumes of a Geneva Regiment – Henry-Claudius Forestier
Lithograph, signed in the stone by Henry-Claudius Forestier, of the traditional costumes of a Geneva regiment.
Folk Art
Naive Folk Art Portrait of a Child with Flowers
Naive Folk Painting of a Child with Flowers – Central European, Early to Mid-20th Century This charming small naive painting
