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Hand-coloured title page with a scrolled French cartouche surrounded by green ferns, red and blue flowers, and a small garden

Title page, plate 1 from "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers chinois"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche frame with shells, seaweed, and a trident evoking water, on a cream page.

Design for Cartouche Evoking Aquatic Elements

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a pastoral scene of a shepherd, seated figures, a cow and a tower, with French title lettering

Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Hand-coloured ornamental design of a blue-sailed ship beside a willow, flowers and rocks, with a figure and dog in the boat.

Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres" No.3, Inventes…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Red chalk style plate of tree branches with leaves and flower sprigs, numbered 1 and 2, with French instructional caption bel

Plate 2 from Livre Ier, Principes du dessin dans le genre du Paysage

Flemish Gilles Demarteau, 1770

Engraved rococo ornament design with scrolling cartouche, flower garland, urn and clouds above low foliage.

Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Symmetrical engraved grotesque with a central urn, dolphins, winged lions, putti and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraved plate of three ornate wrought iron balcony railing designs with scrolls and foliage, with a feet scale bar.

Nouveaux Desseins de Balcons

Pierre-Edmé Babel

Engraved rococo garden ornament design with scrolling forms, a reclining figure with a sun medallion, and trees behind.

Fantastical Garden Ornament Design

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Portrait of Joseph Zola (1739-1806)

Faustino Anderloni, 1800

Engraved design of a symmetrical wrought iron railing panel with scrolls, fleur-de-lis finials and acanthus leaves.

Panel of a Wrought Iron Railing

Pierre Guillebaud, 1610

Engraved plate of a rococo table centerpiece with candlesticks above a bowl with scrolled feet and putti, from Meissonnier's

Neuvième Livre des Oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Cuvette de Roy [Ninth Series of Designs from the wor…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of two figures in Asian robes playing a gong, bells, and stringed instruments among plants.

L'Ouye (Hearing) from the series Les Cinq Senses (The Five Senses)

François Boucher, 1720

Elevation and Plan of a Carriage Entrance

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo ornament plate with a crested bird, kneeling figures, scrollwork cartouches and an umbrella-holding figure.

Ornament Design with Figures and Birds

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved ornamental cartouche surrounded by flames, dragons and tools, with an empty central panel on a cream page.

Cartouche Decorated with Elements of Fire

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Portrait of Bernard Knipperdolling, A Chief of the Anabaptists of Münster

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1530

Engraved ornamental plate with acanthus scrolls, a central nude figure, and a grotesque creature among the foliage.

Plate 3, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Pencil and wash arabesque garden scene with a staircase, thatched pavilion, two figures, and stylized foliage in blue and red

Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres, no.1

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1790

Engraved grotesque ornament plate with a central rider on a winged horse, surrounded by scrolls, putti, griffins and foliage.

Plate 21, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved plate of three ornate wrought-iron staircase balusters with scrolling foliate panels and lettered component keys.

Rampes d'Escaliers a Grands Paneaux, avec Pilastres, et Console

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate of three ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, palmettes, garlands, cherub medallions and an urn.

Three Friezes, plate 4 fr

Gottfried Engelmann, 1820

Etching of Christ bound before a seated judge under a draped canopy, with soldiers and a crowd around the platform.

Christ Before Pilate: The Large Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of a rococo cartouche with a seated man smoking a pipe, a standing figure with a fan, and flags and a trident.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Country of China

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Etching of an allegorical scene with a seated plumed man, a herm bust, a trumpeting cherub, a lamb and a rabbit.

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Engraved ornamental plate with a central archer figure in a cartouche, surrounded by scrolls, masks and animals.

Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Title page with an oval wreath of colored fronds and flowers around French script, numbered No. 3.

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs Idéales" No. 3

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved dedication page with a laurel-crowned bust, winged genius, putti, and inscription cartouche over books and a cannon.

Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, frontispiece for Paolantonio Paoli, Rovine della città…

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Etching of a robed man gazing up at a stag with a glowing crucifix between its antlers, in a rocky landscape with a horse.

Saint Eustace

Elisabetta Sirani, 1650