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
Expressionist Style Pastel – Forest Landscape
Expressionist Style Pastel – Birch trees in a winter forest landscape in shades of blue, purple and orange. Although later
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
Chateau de Glerolles on Lake Geneva – 18th Century View
Beautiful original 18th Century copperplate engraving entitled “Vue du Chateau de Glerolle sur le Lac de Geneve” from Baron Zurlauben’s
Werner Engel – Large Format Color Woodblock of Thun
View of the city of Thun in a striking bold expressionist woodblock print by Swiss artist Werner Engel.
Joseph Keiser – Winter Scene with Ski Tracks in the Snow
Elegant Swiss country hillside with ski tracks in the snow. Lovely wintery shades of blue and purple by Swiss artist
Hans Beat Wieland – Der Alpsegen – The Alpine Blessing
Hans Beat Wieland’s Der Alpsegen, an evocative Swiss Alpine lithograph celebrating the traditional evening blessing of the mountain pastures and herds.
Folk Art
Claude Saucy – Trychler in a Swiss Village 1963
Claude Saucy – The Trychler, 1963 Acquired from the estate of Lord Yehudi Menuhin from the collection at his chalet
