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Back of a paper sheet with faint offset marks, a blue Biblioteka Narodowa stamp, and inventory number J.G.30.638.

Le cardinal de Bernis

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Empress Catherine in crown and ermine robe, with imperial eagle cartouche below.

Catharina Alexewna Imperatrix totius Russiae

Christian Albert Wortmann, 1760

Engraved design for a pendulum clock case with urn finial, scrolling brackets, a dragon, and a circular central panel.

[Projekt konsoli zegara wahadłowego]

Gabriel Huquier, 1737

Hand-colored engraving of two anteaters foraging for ants beside a tree trunk, with German and French captions.

Tamandua = Ameisen Schlucker

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a wolverine on a snowy ledge and a raccoon among evergreen shrubs and bare trees.

Gulo, Raton animal Americanum = Vielfrass, Raton

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a small monkey on a rock and a striped-tailed lemur among trees and yellow flowers.

Cebus capite vulpino = Füchsel Männchen

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a striped kudu antelope with spiral horns standing near trees, captioned Cuttu, 1767.

Cuttu = Africanisches Elend-Thier

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1767

Hand-colored engraving of a reclining grey and white ox beside a wooden fence and tree, labeled Bos, Ochs, Boeuf.

Bos = Ochs

Martin Elias Ridinger, 1767

Etching of a tree with robed friars gathered beneath it and a dove with two seated heavenly figures above in clouds.

[L'arbre de saint François]

Jacques Callot, 1618

Hand-coloured print of a decorative pilaster with grotesque ornament, nude figures, medallions and a fruit garland on blue.

[Loggie Rafaela] : [pilaster]. Num. X

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1772

Hand-coloured print of an ornate pilaster with putti, classical figures, stags, a harbor view and a fruit garland.

[Loggie Rafaela] : [pilaster]. Num. VI

Giovanni Ottaviani, 1772

Back of a paper sheet with faint oval portrait impressions, a plate mark, and water stains along the left edge.

[Portrety Ryszarda z Kornwalii i Alfonsa X Mądrego] : [Inc.:] Richard de Cornouailles [...]

Nicolas Bonnart, 1718

Engraving of elderly figures around a campfire in a forest, with gnarled trees and French verse below.

La vieillesse

François Joullain, 1725

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a tall fur hat and fur-trimmed coat, with a medallion necklace.

Mazeppa aetat. 70

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1775

Engraving of a crowded Paris square with a hanging figure on a gallows, watched from surrounding windows, 1791.

Supplice de Foulon a la Place de Grève le 23 Juillet 1789

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Engraved bird's-eye view of the Palais Royal with formal gardens, fountains, tree-lined walks and putti in the upper corners.

[Palais Royal]

Gilles Jodelet de La Boissière, 1679

Engraved portrait of a bishop in clerical robes within a Rococo frame, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Andreas Stanislaus Kostka, Graf in Zaluskie Zaluski Bischoff zu Cracau, und Herzog in Severien

Johann Christoph Sysang, 1758

Engraved print of Philemon and Baucis welcoming Jupiter and Mercury at a rustic table, with a goose and a hearth beside them.

Philemon et Baucis recoivent dans leur cabane Jupiter et Mercure

Joseph Van Loo, 1735

Engraving of a nighttime scene with torch bearers, a kneeling man and a woman in a white gown beside an ivy-covered house.

[Ilustracja do "Barbier de Seville" Pierre'a Augustina de Beaumarchais'a, akt V scena XIX]

Louis Monziès, 1881

Etching of gnarled tree roots spreading over a forest floor with grass, stumps and ivy leaves.

[Wykroty]

Władysław Skoczylas, 1911

Blank reverse side of an aged paper sheet with a small violet stamp and handwritten inventory number near the bottom.

[Portret Izabeli Elżbiety Lubomirskiej] [Inc.] Son Coeur est bon, son ame est belle [...]

A Dłuski, 1800

Engraved panorama of Warsaw across a river with palaces, church towers, boats and figures in the foreground.

Warsovia [...]

Elias Baeck, 1724

Engraved oval portrait of a long-haired man in armour and lace collar, with a battle scene and smoke behind him.

Casimir, Roy de Poloigne Ce Prince [...]

Balthazar Moncornet, 1647

[Popiersie starca]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1774

[Głowa starca piszącego]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1781

Etching of horses and riders in an open field, with figures in period dress handling their mounts, by Sébastien Le Clerc.

[Diverses suites de figures, livre 2]. 5

Sébastien Le Clerc, 1703

Pen drawing of men singing a glee around a table with a songbook, candles and glasses, a standing figure smoking a pipe behin

A Glee

G. S, 1751

Etching of riverside houses, a tower, and figures in a rowboat on a river, with birds in the sky.

[Veues de plusieurs petis endrois des Fauxbourgs de Paris]. 5

Sébastien Le Clerc, 1694

Engraving of a cloaked man carrying a younger figure on his back along a path, with a dog and a bare tree beside them.

[Ilustracja do "Voyages d'Antenor en Grèce et en Asie (...), frontyspis] Tome 2 [Inc.:] Je me déterminat à l'emporter…

Alexandre Tardieu, 1799

Etching of a multi-storied building with a tower beside a road, with a horseman, pedestrians, a cart and cattle in the foregr

[Veues de plusieurs petis endrois des Fauxbourgs de Paris]. 8

Sébastien Le Clerc, 1694

Engraving of an 18th-century outdoor election polling scene with crowds on a wooden platform and a carriage crossing a stone

[The Polling, z cyklu "Four Prints of an Election"]

William Hogarth, 1758

Engraved interior of a cluttered garret with a poet writing at a desk, a seated woman sewing, and a servant by a cupboard.

[The Distrest Poet]

William Hogarth, 1740

Etched portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko seated at a desk, holding a quill pen over a handwritten page.

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Ignacy Łopieński, 1915

Back of a paper sheet with faint gray ink offset, handwritten shelfmarks, and a purple National Library stamp in the center.

[Livre de gaînes dans le goût antique]. 4

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1767

Back of a blank sheet of paper with a round library stamp and handwritten shelf numbers near the center.

[Świecznik z motywem główek dziewczęcych]. No 2

Claude-Dominique Vinsac, 1800

Engraving of a shepherd playing a flute beside sheep, a goat and a cow, with a ruined tower on a cliff above.

[Pasterz grający na trąbce]

John Ingram, 1741

Etching of satyrs, goats and nymphs gathered in a forest clearing around a birth scene, with a herm statue at right.

[Vie des Satyres, la Naissance]

Claude Gillot, 1721

Etching of a peasant family eating at a table in a rustic interior, with a satyr holding a goat at right and a rooster above.

[Satyr u chłopów]

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1739

Back of a pale grey sheet with a small violet library stamp at centre and faint printed border impressions.

Adam Ionathan Felsecker

Johann Friedrich Schmidt, 1742

Oval engraved portrait of Gaspard de Coligny in armour and lace collar, with a battle scene and fortress behind him.

[Portret Gasparda de Coligny]

Matthäus Merian, 1650

Black and white print of a ceremonial hall with a crowd, a raised dais, a raised sword, and a prone figure in the foreground.

Marino Faliero

Léopold Flameng, 1910

Engraving of an elderly man in dark robes reading a breviary on a garden bench among white flowers and cabbages.

[Le Bréviaire]

Georges-Henri Manesse, 1887

Blank cream verso of a print sheet with a small blue library stamp and handwritten call numbers near the centre.

[Portret Charles'a Méryona]

Félix Bracquemond, 1883

[Portret cesarza Józefa II]

Karl Robert Schindelmeyer, 1800

Engraved portrait of a woman in a lace-trimmed gown and pearl necklace, hands resting on a jewelled box.

[Portret królowej Anglii Henrietty Marii]

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1888

Engraved elevation and ground plan of the Pisa Baptistery, showing tiered arcades, gables and a statue atop the dome.

Orthographia baptisterij basilicae pisanae et eiusdem ichnographia

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1705

Engraving of mourners around an armored figure on a bier, with a robed figure standing on a hill above.

[Don Kichot i Sancho Pansa uczestniczą w pogrzebie]

Daniel Berger, 1779

Engraving of a ruined round temple, an arched aqueduct, cypress trees and two seated figures in a hilly landscape.

[Tempio della Tosse i willa d'Este w Tivoli]

Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin, 1800

Engraved allegorical print with a seated helmeted woman, oval portrait medallion, winged putti, books and flowers.

[Kompozycja alegoryczna]

Nikolaus Mettel, 1772

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

Engraved print of revelers at a banquet in an opera house with chandeliers, swagged curtains and crowded balconies.

[Orgie des gardes du corps dans La Salle de l`Opera de Versailles [...]

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Etching of a crowded city square with swinging cage rides, flags, street vendors and onlookers in front of tall buildings.

[Ilustracja do książki "Gemälde von St. Petersburg" Heinricha Friedricha von Storcha]

Daniel Chodowiecki, 1793

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

[Portret męski]

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1779

Engraved view of a palace courtyard with troops, a crowd, a carriage, and smoke from an artillery salute.

[Le Roi promettant de venir à Paris avec sa famille. Salve d`Artillerie devant le Château [...]

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

Engraving of a funeral ceremony with soldiers, flags, smoke columns and a raised monument flanked by cypress trees.

[Pompe funèbre en l`Honneur des citoyens soldats morts à Nancy [...]

Pierre Gabriel Berthault, 1791

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

Engraved pastoral scene of shepherds, a donkey, and sheep beside a stone archway, with a man pointing and a woman holding a s

[Pasterze]

Francesco Pedro, 1800

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

Etching of a snowy winter landscape with a wooden bridge, thatched cottage, bare tree, and figures in the snow.

[Hiver]

Gustave-Marie Greux, 1883

Blank pale print mounted on grey album page with library stamp and pencil inscriptions in the margins.

North-East View of Stonehenge

Henry Roberts, 1790