Churchill’s Voyages – 1750 – CGW134489-6-4
Churchill’s Voyages
Mid 18th Century copper engravings of Fish.
1750
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Churchill’s Voyages
Mid 18th Century copper engravings of Fish.
1750
‘The Eagle’
‘Picasso en marge du Buffon’
Published by Jonquieres (Paris) 1957
Limited edition lithographs
Printed in France
The circular tilt-top raised on a vase-turned pillar and three hipped downswept legs terminating in pad feet.
C.1770 H:69.5 cm Diameter:41.5 cm
‘Mappe Monde en deux hemispheres’
by
Herrison
Large hand coloured double hemisphere world map
1856
78 cm x 55 cm (unframed)
Natural History – Dumond D’ Urville
Insectes Coleopetres by C.E. Blanchard
Hand coloured steel engravings of beetle specimens from Ambon (Moluccas), New Zealand and Tonga. Single folio sheet, plate size 400 x 270 mm, drawn by Blanchard, engraved by Mme Egasse, printed by Gide; being Plate 9 from the Atlas volume of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage au Pole Sud et dans I’Oceanie sur les Corvettes I’Astrolabe et la Zelee, pendant les annees, 1837-40 (Paris’ Hombron et Jacquinot, 1842).
Mild water stain to upper left margin, not affecting the plate, which is in fine condition.
Unframed 31.5 cm x 51 cm
An English 18th Century and later adjustable beech dressing mirror
1780 – 1820
H: 46.5 cm
W: 34 cm
Antiques and Art – Collectors Considerations
Carolyn McDowall – The Culture Concept Circle
Jamie Allpress of Allpress Antiques in Melbourne specializes in antique dressers.
He mostly sells them without their shelving units, because that’s what most people want.
“A ‘marriage’ should always be pointed out. i.e. where two pieces of the similar period and style have been put together to produce a more salable item”.