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Back of a tan paper sheet with a blue BN library stamp, pencil shelfmarks and a price note at the bottom.

[Św. Franciszek Ksawery

Johann Baptist Klauber, 1770

Engraving of a bowing man kissing a fashionable woman's hand while two men watch in an interior, dated 1779.

[Les gens du bel air]

Daniel Berger, 1779

Etching of a grotesque ogre in a wide hat reaching toward a flock of goats and sheep, with French verse caption below.

[Ilustracja do "Orlanda szalonego" Lodovica Ariosta]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1771

Small paper sheet with a faint oval stamp in a scalloped border and handwritten inventory numbers below.

[Portret młodego szlachcica]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1779

Engraving of a skeleton grasping the arm of a startled nobleman in a room with tall windows and a coat of arms.

Der Ahnenstolze

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1791

Etching of two men embracing on a tree-lined path while a third man stands at left, with a bench nearby.

Die Freundschaft = Amitié. 2

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1793

Back of an 1794 print sheet with a bookseller label and library stamp, foxed and stained paper.

[Psyche im Hayne zu Delphi] : [ilustracja do utworu Christopha Martina Wielanda]

Christian Gottlieb Geyser, 1794

Back of an aged paper print with handwritten shelfmark and a blue library stamp reading BN near the centre.

Jean Richepin

Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach, 1891

Engraved portrait of a woman in an oval frame, with putti, classical figures and a coat of arms below.

Catharina Alexiewna Russorum Imperatrix

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1762

Blank cream paper reverse of a sheet with a small blue library stamp and handwritten number near the edges.

Stanislao Augusto Poloniae Regi : Sceptra dedere duces meritis tu praemia laude exsuperas Tito rege ovat. Offerebat h…

Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, 1765

Engraved plate of four vertical panels with ornamental arabesques, floral garlands, urns, birds and ribbons.

IX.e cahier d'arabesques et bordures

Jean-Baptiste Fay, 1782

Engraved print of a naval battle with tall sailing ships before a fortified coastal city, framed by an ornate cartouche with

Sardinien eine große Insul ū. Königreich auf dem Mittelländischen Meer wurde bey glükliche Progressen der Hohen Allür…

Johann August Corvinus, 1715

A. Świętochowski

Ignacy Łopieński, 1900

Back of a paper print with a faint ghost image, a library stamp and handwritten catalogue numbers in the centre.

[Portret Apellesa z Kolofonu]

Johann Jakob Sandrart, 1698

Engraved portrait of a man in armor and ermine mantle holding a baton, with a battle scene and castle behind him.

Friedrich August Graf von Rutowskÿ [...]

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1758

Reverse of an aged paper sheet with a round Biblioteka Narodowa library stamp and handwritten catalogue numbers.

[Paweł I cesarz Rosji, portret]

Alexandre Tardieu, 1800

Engraving of Jupiter and Io: a reclining nude woman among clouds, a cupid and an eagle above, mythological scene.

Jupiter et Io

Géraud Vidal, 1801

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man with a white ruff collar, surrounded by a Latin inscription.

Pl. Reverendus Excellentiss. Dn. Christophorus Sigismundus Donauerus Eccles. Evang. Ratisponæ Pastor ac Superint. Con…

Jakob von Sandrart, 1654

Etching of a church scene with an angel above a raised chalice, a priest, kneeling worshippers and an altar with candles.

Jesus présent dans l'Eucharistie

Charles Albert Waltner, 1900

Back of a pale paper sheet with faint oval impression and handwritten catalogue numbers at lower center.

[Rozmarzona]

Henri Toussaint, 1911

Engraving of a bear lying in a rocky cave, head lowered among mossy ground, with layered stone behind it.

Der Baehr im Lager an den Bratzen saugent

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Engraving of a man holding a pot of carnations, with a companion behind him smelling a flower.

[L'Odorat]

Henri-Felix Vion, 1891

Engraved bookplate with laurel and feather vignette above French inscription naming Countess Constance Rzewuska's library.

De la Bibliothecque de Madame la Comtesse Constance Rzewuska nee Princesse Lubomirska

Konstancja Rzewuska, 1782

Engraving of an armed crowd storming an ornate throne room under a canopy with a royal coat of arms, figures raising arms and

Le peuple aux Tuileries (29 Juillet 1830.)

E Lechard, 1830

Back of a pale blue mounted sheet with a cream inscription strip reading Cascata in Villa Mecenate a Tivoli and a library sta

Cascata in Villa Mecenate a Tivoli

J Mérigot, 1800

Etching of a standing figure in a tall cap and ragged cloak inside an arched frame, by Norblin de la Gourdaine.

[Pastuszek]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1777

Etching of a crowded old-town market square with striped stall awnings, townhouses and vendors with baskets.

[Targ na Rynku Starego Miasta]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Etching of a crowded market square with stalls, baskets and townspeople, with church towers rising above tiled rooftops.

[Targ na Szerokim Dunaju]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Engraved title page showing a narrow rock gorge with horsemen and robed figures approaching the entrance to Petra.

Entrance to Petra - Edom

Edward Francis Finden, 1835

Back of a tan paper sheet with a round Biblioteka Narodowa stamp at center and handwritten number E.1556 at lower left.

TCS

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1943

Back of an aged, torn printed sheet with faint bleed-through text, a round library stamp, and handwritten inventory numbers.

Jan Taborsky Knihpisarz, Zprawce Ozloye Prazskeho, Weku Sweho Leta LXXo IT

Johann Berka, 1788

Etching of an ornate baroque portal with a bishop statue, and an elderly man in a long coat beside it.

[Na Skałce

Ludwik Misky, 1936

Engraved plate of a cheese-making workshop with a cauldron, workers, hanging cheeses, and labeled tool illustrations below.

Fromage de Gruieres et de Gerardmer

Robert Bénard, 1768

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, jeweled headpiece and fur-trimmed gown, with inscribed frame and caption.

Anna Petrowna : Russische Kayserl. Printzessin Herzogin von Schleswig-Hollstein

Christian Albert Wortmann, 1736

Back of a pale blue-green paper sheet with a library stamp and handwritten catalogue numbers at the center.

[Pokłon pasterzy]

Carlo Sacchi, 1707

Colored engraved design of an ornate classical pilaster with mythological scenes, cherubs, and marble panels.

[Loggie Rafaela] : [pilaster]. N. 8

Giovanni Volpato, 1775

Blank grey sheet with a small circular library stamp and inventory number J.G.31.311 near the centre.

[Loggie Rafaela, archiwolta i luneta] : Dixit Deus a Noe fac tibi arcam [...]

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1776

Engraved plate of a symmetrical parterre de broderie design with scrolling foliage and a toise scale bar.

Parterre de Broderie d'un goût très noveau

Jan Lamsvelt, 1709

Engraved print of two towns: walled Hofheim above, riverside Klingenberg with hilltop castle and boats below.

Hofheim Klingenberg

Matthäus Merian, 1646

Engraved baroque title cartouche with an oval portrait of a crowned woman, flags, spears and a putto, with Latin inscription.

Maria Iosepha Regina Poloniarum Electrix Saxoniae Archidux Austriae

Jakob Andreas Fridrich, 1732

Etched portrait of a man with curly dark hair, open-collar shirt and dark jacket, hands clasped, looking at the viewer.

Juliusz Osterwa. Konrad. Wyzwolenie

Jan Wojnarski, 1935

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and a ribbon decoration, with a printed title cartouche below.

[George Macartney, portret]

Robert Delaunay, 1798

Back of a mounted print showing a library stamp, handwritten inventory number and pencil shelf marks on yellowed paper.

[François d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt de Graffigny, portret]

Nicolas de Launay, 1777

Blank cream-colored reverse of a print sheet with pencil inventory numbers in the lower right corner.

[L'Enlèvement de Camille]

Maxime François Antoine Lalanne, 1886

[Głowa mężczyzny]

JH, 1750

Engraving of two women in full dresses and a man in period costume with a sword, in a classical interior with busts.

La Bourgeois gentill-homme

Laurent Cars, 1734

Engraved sheet with four oval male portraits labeled Oxenstiern, Leopold I, Fried. Wilhelm I and Montecuculi.

Oxenstiern Leopold I; Fried. Wilhelm I; Montecuculi

Daniel Beyel, 1800

Engraving of a rider in a tricorn hat holding a long lance upright above the saddle while his horse steps forward.

Der anritt im Schritt die Lanze aũf dem obertheil des Schenckels haltend = Le comencement au pas en tenant la Lance a…

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1734

Back of an 1764 print showing faint baroque cartouche ornament, library stamps, and a printed inscription naming Clemens Wenc

Clemens Wenceslaus D. G. Episc. Frising. [...]

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1764

Blank reverse side of a paper sheet with a purple library stamp and handwritten inventory numbers near the bottom edge.

Jan Nikodem z Łopacina Łopaciński [...]

Jan Nikodem Łopaciński, 1792

Etching of a soldier with a rifle sinking onto rocky ground, one arm raised against a smoky, stormy sky.

[Souvenir de Plewna]

George Montbard, 1877

Engraved Crucifixion scene with Christ on the cross, the kneeling Virgin Mary, two angels in clouds, and a skull below.

[Ukrzyżowanie

Averkìj Simonovič Kozačkovs'kij, 1725

Yellowed sheet with a German and French caption strip at lower center for an 1780 print of a bird catcher with an owl decoy.

Vogelfænger mit dem Schuhu und denen Leimspiellen Oiseleur avec la Choüette et les glÿaux

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1780

Engraving of three putti playing with a sea creature among waves, inside an oval frame with a dedicatory inscription below.

Les Quatres elements : l'eau

Jean Daullé, 1748

Etching of travelers with a wagon, horsemen and a tent beside a tree and building, one of four stacked scenes.

[La halte des bohémiens : les diseuses de bonne aventure : Inc.:] Vous qui prenez plaisir en leurs parolles gardez vo…

Jacques Callot, 1621

Back of a foxed paper sheet with faint pencil traces and a blue library stamp in the lower left corner.

Göthe's Denkmal

Henry Winkles, 1860

Engraving of a bronze angel holding a candlestick above an ornate Corinthian column with putti on the capital.

Angelus aeneus et cepitellum marmoreum porphyreticae columnae pro cereo paschali basilicae pisanae, quorum altitudo c…

Arnold van Westerhout, 1705

Engraving of German students drinking and cheering in a tavern, one raising a sword, with dogs and a castle on a hill behind.

Studentenleben = German students life

Albert Henry Payne, 1845

[Koń]

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Engraved ceiling decoration design with blank central panel, scrolling cartouches, putti, garlands and an urn on a pedestal.

[Dwa wzory dekoracji plafonu]

Jean Lemoyne, 1713

Back of an 18th-century print with a violet library stamp, handwritten shelf marks, and a brown water stain in the upper left

[Projekt sarkofagu z obeliskiem]

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1755

Hand-coloured engraving of a hedgehog, guinea pigs and a marmot among stone blocks and plants, with multilingual captions.

Acanthion, Cuniculus Americanus, Mus Alpinus = Der IIgel, Meer Schweinlein, das Murmel Thier

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Back of a thin paper sheet showing faint ghosted figures, a printed caption fragment and handwritten inventory numbers.

[Divertissemens de la Jeunesse]

Daniel Berger, 1779

Engraving of Henry VIII gesturing beside Cardinal Campeggio and another cleric in an arched interior, with German and French

Heinrich VIII und der Kardinal Campeggio

Friedrich Christian Gottlieb Geyser, 1796

Engraving of three 18th-century men shaking hands outdoors under a cloudy sky, with a bilingual caption below.

[Ilustracja do "Berliner Genealogischer Kalender auf das Jahr 1789"]

Johann Friedrich August Clar, 1788

Etching of a man riding a bull through waves while a woman in a gown reaches toward him beneath a tree.

[Porwanie Europy]

Johann Rudolf Schellenberg, 1800

Engraving of a family in a curtained interior, children reading at a table while a woman writes at a desk nearby.

[Ilustracja z powieści "Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse" Jeana Jacques'a Rousseau]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1782

Back of a paper sheet mounted on cardboard, showing a round library stamp and handwritten catalogue numbers.

[Portret Katheriny Breughel]

Jean-Baptiste Michel, 1800

Etching of a smiling fishmonger in a white cap behind a table of fish, a lobster, and crabs.

[Marchande de poissons à Dieppe]

Charles Courtry, 1879

Etching of an elderly bearded beggar with a walking stick at a doorway, a child peering from inside, and a potted plant.

[Żebrak]

Louis Monziès, 1900

Engraving of a ruler on a decorated elephant in procession, with attendants holding staves and a crowd at left.

[Der Mogul auf seinem Elephanten im Staat ausreitend, und Geld auswerfend, ilustracja z "Historisch-genealogischer Ca…

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1786

Engraved title page of La Nouvelle Héloïse with drapery, a cherub, a garden dance scene and small oval vignettes.

[Ilustracja do "La Nouvelle Héloïse" J. J. Rousseau]

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, 1788

Back of a cream paper sheet with faint centre impression and pencilled inventory numbers.

[Muzyka]

Henri-Felix Vion, 1891

Etching of a mounted king on a white horse in a forest, a cloaked figure gesturing beside him, with armoured riders behind.

Karl VI König von Frankreich im Walde bey Mans = Charles VI Roi de France dans la forét prés de Mans. 12

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1793

Etching of a skeleton reaching toward a seated old man while a startled man recoils beside a curtained bed.

Der Arzt

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1791

Oval engraved portrait of a young woman with curled hair in lace-trimmed silk, resting on an ornate chair.

[Portret młodej kobiety w osiemnastowiecznym stroju]

Henri Toussaint, 1911

Etching of a shepherd with a staff standing among a large flock of sheep on an open pasture under a cloudy sky.

[Le grand troupeau au páturage]

Frédéric Jacque, 1900

Back of a blank paper sheet with tape remnants, colored paper scraps and handwritten catalogue notes in the corners.

L'Hôtel Pimodan

Eugène Leguay, 1869

Engraving of an ox-drawn carriage procession on a dirt road, with a leader, a dog, and a crowd under trees.

Procession des Asma Sultan die Sultaninn (Constantinople)

Albert Henry Payne, 1839

Engraved oval portrait of a bewigged clergyman in black gown and white bands, with German verse on a pedestal below.

D. Philipp Jacob Spener, vormahls Senior dess Minist. zu Franckfurt, ferner Chursächl. Ober Hof Predig. und Ober Kirc…

Joseph de Montalegre, 1705

Monochrome print of a ruined vaulted interior overgrown with ivy, with small figures in classical dress in the foreground.

Recreazione Campestre in Villa Mecenate a Tivoli

J Mérigot, 1800

Etching of city rooftops with a church tower and spire under a dramatic, cloud-filled sky.

[Widok z dachu kamienicy Baryczków]

Tadeusz Cieślewski, 1929

Engraving of two embracing classical figures pointing at a tomb inscribed with Arcadia text, with a shepherd and seated woman

[Ilustracja do "Johan Bunkels Leben, Bemerkungen un Meinungen" Thomasa Amory'ego]. 13, Arkadyjski obraz sporządzony p…

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1778

Engraved baroque portrait of a man in a periwig and robe, framed by an oval inscription, two cherubs, and rococo ornament.

Ioannes Comes in Stupov Szembek Supremus Regni Poloniae Cancellarius

Johann Gottfried Haid, 1740

Back of an 1724 engraved sheet by Johann Jacob Schübler showing faint ghosted clock casing ornament, with stains and a catalo

Eine wohl façonierte Verkleidung zu einer ordentlichen perpendicul Uhr [...]

Johann Jacob Schübler, 1724

Etching by Jacques Callot showing travelers feasting around a fire under a tree, with three further scenes of horsemen and a

[La halte des bohémiens, les apprêts du festin : Inc.:] Au bout du comte ils treuvent pour destin qu'ils sont venus d…

Jacques Callot, 1621

Hand-colored engraving of two bearded monkeys on a rock and on the ground among vines and foliage, with Latin and German capt

Simia barbata = Cebus barbatus

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of squirrels, mice and two bats among tree branches and rocks, with Latin captions above.

Sciurus colore fusco, Sciurus colore spadiceo, Sciurus Petaurista, Mus Major Domesticus, Muscutus Domesticus, Vespert…

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a guinea pig beside a rocky outcrop with evergreen branches, titled Porcus Indicus.

Porcus Indicus = Muscus Schwein

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a blue-faced primate beside a rock, with shrubs and a tall tree in a naturalistic setting.

Cynocephalus satyrus = Wald Teuffel

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a water buffalo seen from behind on a grassy slope with shrubs, with German and French labels.

Buffalus = Büffel-Ochs, der groessere

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a blue-grey masked monkey crouching by plants and a rocky mound, 1767.

Simia personata, ex Guinea = Ein Masquirter Affe aus Guinea

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in armor and fur-lined cloak, with an inscription and coat of arms below.

Stanislaus a Potok Potocki in Tartakow et Humań Dinasta Palatinus Belzensis. Ordinis Aquile Albe Eques

Domenico Cunego, 1784

Page of four small etched landscapes showing a dovecote, a river town, moored boats and a riverside building with an arch.

[Le colombier]

Jacques Callot, 1620

Engraving of children gathered around a snow figure of an old man under a wooden shelter in winter.

[Grudzień, ilustracja do "Almanac généalogique... pour l'an common 1778"]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1777

Engraving of an ox cart, a palanquin with bearers, and a rider hunting deer beside a palm tree in East India.

[Verschiedene Arten zu reisen in Ost Indien ..., ilustracja z "Historisch-genealogischer Calender oder Jahrbuch der m…

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1786