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Engraved title page with rococo frame, flower garlands, drafting tools and text for an architecture treatise, 1766.

Title Page, from "Nouveau Traité des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture"

Charles Dupuis, 1760

Engraved architectural plate of an ornate paneled double door with a rococo cartouche, putti and a female mask, with a plan b

Plate 2, "Decoration d'une Porte à placards à double ventaux"

Jacques-François Blondel, 1710

Engraving of a sleeping man in a chair with a nude woman beside him, a winged cupid below, and a bat-winged creature above.

The Dream of the Doctor

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Wood engraving of men in a Baxter Street club-house: card players, a man smoking on a bed, and a reclining smoker.

The Chinese in New York - Scene in a Baxter Street Club-House

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraved still life of a dense bouquet of carnations, roses and lilies in an ornate urn-shaped vase.

Vase of Flowers

Pieter I. Mortier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1680

Engraved Last Judgment scene with Christ enthroned above, angels blowing trumpets, and nude figures divided between heaven an

The Last Judgment

Frederick de Wit, 1650

Print of a bearded man in a turban and a boy carrying firewood beside a donkey, with rocks, a tree, and a distant town.

Abraham's Sacrifice

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Engraving of Hercules and Dejanira embracing nude under an oak tree, with a centaur and archer in the distant landscape.

Hercules and Dejanira, from a series of the Loves of the Gods

Netherlandish Jacob Matham, 1590

Etched ceiling design with ornate frame, winged figures, and a robed woman rising among clouds with putti.

Ceiling, from "Desseins de Plaphons"

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved print of an ornate doorway with an urn-topped pediment and a receding view through paneled doors into a corridor.

Doorway, Apartment of Lou

François Chauveau, 1710

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, signed and dated 1864 at lower right.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

H.W Rowland, 1900

Engraved portrait of a seated older man with side whiskers in a dark suit and cravat, in a carved armchair.

Portrait of Robert Grosvenor, Baron of Ebury

D. J. Pound, 1850

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, two allegorical figures with bow and lyre, a rooster, and fruit garlands.

Title Page from "Premier Livre De Differents morceaux A l'Usage de tous ceux qui s'appliquent aux beuax Arts Inventé…

Gilles Marie Oppenord, 1750

Etching of a footed vase with a turtle-shaped lid and faceted finial, resting on a stone ledge.

Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases"

Benigno Bossi, 1760

Engraved portrait bust of a balding man in a military uniform with embroidered collar and star medal, with a signature below.

Portrait of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York

H. R. Cook, 1820

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and lace collar, set on a rectangular sheet with wide margins.

Head of Man

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1740

Etching of Station XI of the Via Crucis showing Christ laid on the ground beside a ladder, with a crowd and robed figure arou

Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved design of a side table with spiral fluted legs, garland swags, and an urn on top, with a scale bar below.

A table

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1780

Etching of a busy street with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, a street lamp, and a classical colonnade of St Martin's.

Saint Martin's

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Black and white lithograph of Gothic St. Thomas Church tower beside tall buildings, with pedestrians and a carriage on a city

St. Thomas' New York

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraved sheet of three ornamental picture frame designs with putti, trophies, scrollwork, and a reclining figure.

Design for Painted Frames, from "Bordures de Tableau"

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Woodcut of two women embracing before a stone doorway, with a mountain landscape, castle and tall trees behind them.

The Visitation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of the Deposition: Christ's body lies in Mary's lap with mourners, a ladder and cross behind, and a standing man at r

Via crucis - Station XIII, The Deposition

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of three men in 18th-century dress on a cobbled street, one holding a drawn sword, beside stone buildings.

L'Etourdi (The Blunderer), Oeuvres de Molière (Works of Molière), Vol. I

Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet, 1770

Hand-colored print of Grace Church on Broadway, showing a tall Gothic spire and pedestrians along an iron-fenced street.

Grace Church

Laurent Deroy, 1850

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Christ Child, a kneeling king, attendants, and a procession in the

Adoration of Magi, plate 7 from series "Life of the Virgin"

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of a crowded infernal hall with a gesturing figure on a raised platform beneath glowing lamps and stars.

The Council in Hell. Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost" (after William Hogarth)

Jane Ireland, 1780

Mezzotint print of two mounted trumpeters playing brass trumpets, one on a grey horse, in a landscape setting.

Suite of Cavalry Officers: Trumpeters

Georg Philip Rugendas, 1720

Engraved design of an ornate altar with columns, rococo scrollwork, a cherub and cross, with a floor plan below.

Design for an Altar, from "Nouveaux Dessins d'Autels"

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Engraving of Achilles among women in a classical columned hall, with a shield, jewelry box and sword on the floor.

Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes

Nicolas Ryckermans, 1650