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
Willy Kaufmann – Three Fish, Original Lithograph
Willy Kaufmann 1920 Zürich – 1978 Rümikon (AG) Three Fish – 1953 Original Limited Edition Lithograph Signed Willy K 53
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
The Chateau de Chillon circa 1776 – Perignon / Zurlauben (SOLD)
Vue du Chateau de Chillon – Dans Le Canton de Berne, sur le Lac de Geneve, Prise du cote du
General Ulrich Wille – Swiss Border Patrol 1914 – Color Lithograph
This Swiss militaria print is a color lithograph or chromolithographic illustration, a common format for patriotic and military imagery in
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
Simplon Village, Sempione, Antique Lithograph
Village de Simplon 19th Century Handcolored Lithograph of the Village of Simplon in the Alps along the Swiss-Italian border. Heightened
Folk Art
Wooden French Treasure Box – Cassette
Beautiful sculpted French wooden box with the word “Cassette” carved into on the top which means “treasure box” in French.
