Description
*A rare 17th Century English oak armchair.
The shaped top rail supporting a large shaped centre splat. The curved arms on turned supports meeting the two plank seat and flowing into a leg. All joined by stretchers. Great 340 year old patina. C.1680
H: 106 cm W: 59 cm D: 57 cm
*Pair of 17th century botanical engravings by Jan Jansson
Hand coloured copper engravings in figured walnut frames
Leuconium & Hyacinth
Framed 63 x 47cm
*“Divini Amoris Embelata”
Otto Van Veen also so known as Octavius Vaenius (1556-1629) copper engraving.
A Dutch painter and humanist who is well known for his Emblem books.
1615
*Willughby Fish – Mola Salu – 1680
Francis Willughby (1635-1672)
From the first large work on fish in England, marking a new era in ichthyology that clearly described and classified fish according to nature and based on their characteristics drawn only from their structure.
Framed H. 46.5 cm W. 49 cm
*17th century English oak refectory table.
Single plank cleated top.
C.1650
H.77cm W.212cm D.81cm
*An Outstanding Rare Late 17th Century Oak and Elm Primitive Windsor Armchair – Wales 1697
*Pair of 17th century European carved fruitwood animal heads, taken from a coffer or cassone.
*The Exercise of Armes by Jacob de Gheyn (Dutch)
An important and early work on military armes commissioned by Prince Maurice of Orange.
1607