EditorialA relief from alabasterous limestone. It shows a small pomegranate tree, given similar reliefs probably from the park of King Assurbanipal (669-627 BC), with ten branches, which are accurately made with leaves and fruits down to the smallest details. F...
EditorialJacques de Gheyn, John VIII Paleologus (Johannes VII Paleologus), ca. 1595, engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (17.15 cm x 14.92 cm), Dutch painter and engraver Jacques de Gheyn belonged to a group of artists who overcame the exaggera...
EditorialDeclaration by J. Scheltema on the origin of the sailstone of Tsar Peter the Great, Handwritten statement on 3 sheets of paper, folded together to create 12 pages, 10 of which are described. On page 10, a stamp stamp with the signature. Inscription: Ac...
EditorialMagical garlic, Plant description Allium Magicum, p. 1148, Curtis, William, 1809, William Curtis: The botanical magazine; or, flower-garden displayed: in which the most ornamental foreign plants, cultivated in the open ground, the green house, and the ...
EditorialGentiana, Gentian, Signed: Publ. By W. Curtis, no. 52, p. 52, Curtis, W. (publ.), 1787, [William Curtis (Hg.)]: The botanical magazine; or, flower-garden displayed: in which the most ornamental foreign plants, cultivated in the open ground, the green h...
EditorialMagical garlic, Ornamental Allium, Signed: Syd., Edwards Del, Pub, by T. Curtis; F. Sanfom sculp, no. 1148, Edwards, Sydney (del.); Sanfom (sc.); Curtis, William (publ.), 1809, William Curtis: The botanical magazine; or, flower-garden displayed: in whi...
EditorialSaint George and the Dragon, ca. 1330, Vienna, Austrian, Vienna, Wood, gesso, polychromy, gold, 23 x 10 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (58.4 x 26 x 16.1 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Originally made for the interior of Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, this sculpture was ...
EditorialChrist nailed to the Cross. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. [Whole folio] The two thieves stand holding their crosses, while Christ is being nailed to the Cross. The spots on Christ's body represent the bruises caused by the scour...
EditorialPears. Pomona Britannica; or, a collection of the most esteemed fruits at present cultivated in this country; together with the blossoms and leaves of such as are necessary to distinguish the various sorts from each other. Selected principally from the...
EditorialMuch ado about nothing. Act III, scene I . The Plays of William Shakspeare (Accurately printed from the text of Mr Steevens's last edition Illustrated by the prefaces and annotations of the various commentators). Wynne & Scholey: London, 1803-05. Sourc...
EditorialSaint George and the Dragon, ca. 1330, Vienna, Austrian, Vienna, Wood, gesso, polychromy, gold, 23 x 10 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (58.4 x 26 x 16.1 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Originally made for the interior of Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, this sculpture was ...