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
Richard Flockenhaus – Puma or Cougar Woodblock Print
Richard Flockenhaus Puma The puma, also commonly known as cougar, or mountain lion is native to the Americas. Richard Flockenhaus
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 Nurse – Infirmier
L’Armée Suisse -Sanitätssoldat | Infirmier-Swiss Army Nurse
Schloss Thun by Werner Engel
View of the Castle of Thun – Schloss Thun – engraving by Swiss Artist Werner Engel.
Guillaume-Henri Dufour (General Dufour) – First President of the ICRC
Guillaume-Henri Dufour (September 15, 1787 – July 14, 1875) Famous Swiss General and topographer who after serving as the head
Traditional 19th Century Swiss Landscape with Old Mill and Alpine Scenes
Large late 19th Century traditional Swiss landscape with an old mill and alpine scenery. Dimensions: For local sale and pick
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
