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Saint-Louis

Saint Louis Crystal and Wood Folia Portable Lamp<ul><li>Features 5 levels of light intensities</li><li>Includes usb charger, care booklet and box</li><li>This item is final sale and not eligible for return</li></ul>

Crystal and Wood Folia Portable Lamp

Chinese School

Large-scale watercolors on paper from the Chinese School.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Chinese scenes, possibly Canton or Shanghai, presumably executed for the Western market by an anonymous master and depicting internal and external views of a house.</li><li>Framed and glazed.</li><li>This type of export watercolor is usually found in a much smaller format, due to their delicate nature; it is uncommon to find examples of such size with fresh coloring.</li></ul>

Chinese House Scene Watercolors

Cornelius Nozeman | Jan Christian Sepp

Hand-colored engraved plates by Sepp and Sepp the Younger, of birds nests with eggs from Nederlandsche Vogelen.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4.</li><li>Nidus Ardeae, Nycticoracis; Nidus Platalea, Leucorodia; Nidus Ardeae, Stellaris; and Nidus Pelecani, Carbonis.</li><li>Framed and glazed.</li><li>Published by Jan Christian Sepp, Amsterdam.</li><li>Nozeman's work, which he couldn't finish, became the first comprehensive account of the avifauna of Holland and was the most expensive book for sale in Holland at the time.</li><li>The plates of the book depict all species known in the Netherlands through the time of publication and frequently feature eggs and nests, they were boldly colored by the publisher and still belong to the most famous ornithological representations.</li></ul>

Dutch Bird Nest Engravings

Giorgio Gallesio

Giorgio Gallesio (Italian, 1772-1839) was a botanist and researcher of the 18th and 19th centuries.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 6.</li><li>Hand-colored plates of grapes, printed in color and finished by hand.</li><li>Finest Italian work on fruits, remarkable for the delicate and intense coloring.</li><li>The plates appeared in 41 parts, and Domenico del Pino, Antonio Serantoni and Isabella</li></ul>Bozzolini were among as many as 20 artists responsible for the designs.<ul><li>An almost equal number of engravers were involved; Giuseppe Pera, Giuseppe Carocci, Tommaso Nasi and Francesco Corsi were also well-represented.</li><li>Gallesio conducted experiments in his fruit garden in Savona, later quoted by Charles Darwin to illustrate the development of varieties.</li><li>Although he died before completion of this work, he had left pre-eminent contributions to the study of Italian fruit.</li><li>Framed and glazed.</li></ul>

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Cornelius Nozeman, Jan Christian Sepp

Giorgio Gallesio