Harlequin Met de Rarekiek

Anon

Copper engraving

Holland

1709

5" x 7" 

 

Three pages from J. Pooks Rommel-Zoodjen published by Timotheus Ten Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1709.(B400)

 

0720

 

 


Fürwitziger Curiositet-Narr

J. C. Weigel

Engraving

Vienna, Austria

1709

6 1/4" x 8"

 

A page from:Abraham a Sancta Clara: Centifolium Stultorum in Quarto

0721


O Rare Show

I. Smith after H. Cerk

mezzotint

c. 1710

9" x 12"

 

One of the earliest know showmen, James Larouche, with a cabinet of curiosity.

 

0723


Nicolo Cantabella, Savoyard

William Konig

Engraving

1716

5 1/4" x 9"

 

A page from the book II Callotto resuscitato. Orer Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet (B480). The book contains 57 plates of famous dwarfs including the savoyard with his peepshow.

 

2719

 


Fürwitziger Curiositet-Narr

Anon

Pen & ink

c.1720

3" x 3 1/4"

 

Pencil and ink drawing after Fürwitziger Curiositet-Narr

 

0722



Schone Raritat

C.F. Boetius

Engraving

Germany

1736

Detail: 8"x 7", page: 11" x 9"

 

A double page from Des Deutsch-Francos Schriften(B116).

 

0724




Charles Nicholas Cochin,fils

etching

c1740

 

The first two prints are engravingsonethe reverse of the other and the lastis a pen and wash drawing after the famous Cochin print.

 

0727/0728/0729


Guckkasten

I.P. Haidt

Engraving

c. 1740

12" x 8"

 

0731



Guckkasten

I.P. Haidt

Engraving

Germany

c. 1740

13 1/4" x 16 1/4"

 

0732


Schone Raritaten

Anon

Etching

c.1740

12 1/2 x 16 1/4"

 

 

0733