A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.

Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Different attributes and displays of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Engraving by Grignion after Le Clerc.

An indigo plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Antilles islands: plants, trees, animals, agriculture, and customs of the people. Engraving, 1732, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 29.2 x 36.8 cm

1 print : engraving ; image and text 37 x 47.7 cm

The complete drawing-book  containing many curious specimens, under the following heads : 1. Select parts of the human body. 2. Academy And Groups Of Figures. 3. Beasts And Birds Of Various Kinds. 4. Landscapes, Shipping, Flowers, &c. With several Outlines, Rendered easier to the Comprehension of Beginners than any Book of this Kind hitherto made public. The whole neatly engraved on one hundred octavo copper-plates, from Le Clerc, Le Brun, Rembrandt, Berghem, Barlow, Chatelin, Spilsbury, Callot and others the Best Masters. To which are annexed, proper instructions to youth, For their Improvement and Entertainment in this Art.

Il pastor fido  tragicommedia pastorale del Cavalier Guarini.

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Sébastien Leclerc

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Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Antilles islands: plants, trees, animals, agriculture, and customs of the people. Engraving, 1732, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Il pastor fido tragicommedia pastorale del Cavalier Guarini.

Sébastien Leclerc

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Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Antilles islands: plants, trees, animals, agriculture, and customs of the people. Engraving, 1732, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

Il pastor fido tragicommedia pastorale del Cavalier Guarini.

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