1. Dresden – Probst, Georg Balthasar. (1732 – 1801).

Prospectus Areae Fori Veteris, Ex Parte Arcis Plateae Dresdae.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving of Dresden’s marketplace. Augsburg, Georg Balthasar, [c.1770]. Plate Size: 40 cm x 30 cm. Sheet Size: 42 cm x 31 cm. Original engraving. In very good- condition. Some slight smudges to outer margins. Carefully repaired tear to lower edge.

2. Paris – Chereau, Jacques. (1688 – 1776).

Vue de L’Édifice de l’Observatoire et du Collège des Jésuites.

Original hand-coloured engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Jacques Chereau, [c.1700s]. Plate Size: 39.3 cm x 28.5 cm. Sheet Size: 41.5 cm x 29.7 cm. Original print. In very good condition. Clean, crisp and bright impression.

3. Paris – Mondhare, Louis-Joseph. (1734 – 1799).

1er Vue des Boulvard pris de la Porte St Antoine on averty le Public que cette Vuë est graveé pour estre vuë au naturet dans l’Optique.

Original hand-coloured copper engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Mondhare, [c.1750-1780]. Plate Size: 38.7 cm x 23.2 cm. Sheet Size: 44.7 cm x 28. 6 cm Original print. In very good, actually remarkable, condition. Clean and crisp and radiant impression, with only the faintest trace of browning. Some very minor traces of light staining to outer margin corner.