ALEXANDRE FAIZAN-COUNIS

(1791 Geneva 1871)

Geneva and the port viewed from a lake promenade with strollers.

Watercolour, pen, heightened in white.

Signed lower left: Faizan.

24 x 40 cm. Framed.

BASEL.-

Vue de Basle, prise du rempart près de la port de St. Jean. Circa 1840.

Aquatint etching with original colour.

Engraved title below the image centre, inscribed to the right: à Basle Chez Birmann & Fils.

Sheet size : 25.6 x 35 cm.

LAKE ZURICH.-

ANONYMOUS, circa/after 1800.

Two stately homes on the shores of Lake Zurich.

Gouache. The framing line in pen and black ink and with grey gouached margins.

28.5 x 41.2 cm (sheet size: 34 x 45 cm). Gold frame.

JOSEPH DE LANDERSET

(1753 Fribourg 1824)

A pair of works: 1. A Swiss river landscape with a castle and a small palace on a hill, a group of figures in the foreground; 2. A small castle with a small park, outbuildings and groups of figures.

Gouache on paper.

Each signed and dated in white pen lower right: de Landerset p: 1795.

Each approx. 40 x 55.5 cm. Framed as counterparts in identical gold frames.

BERN - CANTON.-

NICLAUS GACHET (1736-1817)

Thorberg depuis le Chemin qui conduit á Worb.

Pen and grey and black ink, watercolour.

Titled, signed and dated in open below the image: Dessiné dáprès Nature par Nic:Gachet en 1775.

22.5 x 36.5 cm. Gold frame.

JOHANN EMANUEL LOCHER

(Freiburg 1769 - c. 1815 Basel) after Josef REINHARD.

Elisabeth Grossmann, la belle Batelière de Brienz, dedié au Souvenir agréable des Voyageurs en Suisse. Circa 1815.

Coloured aquatint etching. The framing line in pen and black ink and with brown gouached margins.

Titled and inscribed in brown pen below the image: Publie p. Lamy à Berne, Bâle, Lausanne & Genève. Numbered lower left: 96.

43 x 33 cm (sheet size: 47 x 43.5 cm).

JAKOB EGGLI

(Dachsen 1812 - 1880 Rheinau)

A view of Wyden Castle in Ossingen, circe/before 1864.

Pen and black ink, black pencil, watercolour, heightened in white, with green gouached margins. The framing line in brush and black ink and pencil.

Signed and inscribed in black pen lower right: Fecit J: Eggli Wyden Haus.

25 x 40 cm ( sheet size: 30 x 44.5 cm). Gold frame of the period.

JAKOB KUSTER (ATTRIBUTED)

(1769 Winterthur 1796)

Vue de Buchorn et du Convent de Hofen au Lac de Constance.

Watercoloured outline etching, the framing line in pen and black ink.

Engraved title below the image centre, signed mirrored lower right: Kuster fecit.

26.5 x 40 cm (sheet size: 28.8 x 42 cm). Gold frame.

LAKE ZURICH - ZOLLIKON.-

Johannes Hofmeister (1721 Zurich 1806) and Heinrich Brupbacher (1758 Wädenswil 1835).

Zollikon au bord du Lac de Zurich, prise du Côte de L'Orient dessine d'apres la nature. Circa 1794.

Outline etching with original colours. The framing line in pen and black ink.

Engraved title below the image, engraved number upper right: 2. Old number in brown pen lower right: 3.

16.2 x 25.7 cm. Gold frame.

JOHANN CONRAD GESSNER

(1764 Zurich 1826)

A cavalry scene, 1800.

Watercolour, pen and black chalk.

Signed and dated in grey pen lower centre: C. Gesser f. 1800

35 x 54 cm. Framed.

BALTHASAR ANTON DUNKER

(Saal 1746- 1807 Bern)

A pair of works: 1. A landscape with ruins and resting traveller; 2. A landscape with ruins and fisherman by a body of water.

Pen and grey and black ink, watercolour. The framing line in pen and black ink.

Each signed lower left in black pen: Dunker.

Sheet size each 33.2 x 25 cm. Framed as counterparts in identical gold frames.

GOTTFRIED MIND

(1768 Bern 1814)

Two young bears playing.

Watercolour, brush and grey ink.

10.4 x 16.5 cm.

GOTTFRIED MIND

(1768 Bern 1814)

A small dog.

Black chalk, watercolour.

Old inscription in pencil lower centre: Original.

30.3 x 22 cm (sheet size).

ITALY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Series of five landscapes with architectural capricci and figures.

Gouache on laid paper. The framing lines in pen and black ink.

One picture inscribed and dated on the back of the frame: F. Cioni anno 1786 fecit Firence.

From 24 x 36 cm to 25 × 40 cm. Each framed as counterparts in identical frames.

ABRAHAM-LOUIS-RODOLPHE DUCROS (CIRCLE OF)

(Yverdon-les-Bains 1748 - 1810 Lausanne)

The Colosseum in Rome. 'L'Amphithéatre Flavien, dit le Colisée'.

Pen and brown ink , watercolour. The framing line in brush and black ink.

With old title in French on the reverse.

48.6 x 63 cm. Framed.

ITALY - NAPLES -

CAMILLO DE VITO (active in the 18th/19th century)

Nocturnal eruption of Vesuvius in 1832. "Inverno del Vesuvio del 1832".

Gouache, the framing line in pen and black ink and with grey gouached margins.

Titled in white pen in lower margin, signed in black pen lower left: Camillo de Vito.

34.5 x 47 cm. Framed.

ANONYMOUS, CIRCA 1830/40

Series of seven designs for wall designs or stage sets.

Watercoloured outline etchings on laid paper.

Each approx. 30.5 x 36.5 cm.

LUIGI RICCI DI RAVENNA

(1823 - 1896)

A portfolio with a total of 21 stage designs for various Italian operas.

Pen and black and brown ink, watercolour, graphite. Some sheets with cut-out details, which are partly laid on coloured paper.

Inscribed in black pen on the front of the portfolio: Luigi Ricci di Ravenna (1823-1896) 20 Scenographie. Decorated by a further drawing.

Various sizes, predominantly approx . 25 x 40 cm.

ADRIAN ZINGG

(St. Gallen 1734 - 1816 Leipzig)

Pirna and Sonnenstein Castle on the Elbe.

Outline etching, brown wash.

17.3 x 22.8 cm.

MAP - BLACK SEA.

ANTONIO ZATTA (1757- 1797 Venice)

Teatro della Guerra presente tra la Russia e la Porta Ottomana, 1788.

Engraved map over two mounted sheets with coloured old borders and cartouche with original colour.

Engraved signed and dated within the image: Venezia MDCCLXXXVIII Presso. Antonio Zatta e Figli.

74 x 100 cm (sheet size). Framed.

SWITZERLAND - MAP.-

Peter SCHENK after Johann Jakob SCHEUCHZER (1672 Zurich 1733)

Nova Helvetiae tabula geographica... A Joh. Jacobo Scheuchzero Tigurino Med. D. Math. Prof. Amstelaedami ex officio Petri Schenkii. In platea vulgo de Warmoesstraat sub signo N. Visschers Athlas. 1715.

Engraved map over four sheets, with border colouring and individual red-coloured cities.

93.5 x 114 cm (sheet size: 100 x 120 cm). Framed.

ANDREA MANTEGNA

(Isola di Cartura 1431 - 1506 Padua)

A bacchanal scene with a wine barrel. Circa 1475.

Engraving.

30.5 x 43.4 cm (unevenly trimmed). Framed.

ALBRECHT DÜRER (COPYIST)

(1471 Nuremberg 1528)

The Great Fortune (Nemesis). Circa 1501/02.

Engraving on laid paper with watermark 'F' in circle (Meder 296, c. 1550).

32.7 x 23 cm. Framed.

ALBRECHT DÜRER

(1471 Nuremberg 1528)

Erkules (Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins; Hercules and Cacus). Circa 1496.

Woodcut on laid paper with watermark 'RIVES' and additional watermark 'Wappenschild mit Buchstaben und Halbmond', neither in Meder.

Titled in the upper centre of block: Erkules; monogrammed lower centre: AD.

39 x 28 cm. Framed.

ALBRECHT DÜRER (ATTRIBUTED)

(1471 Nuremberg 1528)

Christ Crowned with Thorns. Sheet 2 of the "Albertina Passion". Circa 1495–1497.

Woodcut on laid paper with watermark Gothic P with small coat of arms and MM (Meder 327, um 1625)

Without monogram and year.

24.3 x 17.3 cm. Framed.