Grosvenor Prints

[Alaska] A Man of Prince William's Sound.
J. Webber del. J. Bafire sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼"). Uncut, crease across middle.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A man, head and shoulders facing front and looking towards the viewer, wearing a fur cape and a patterned conical hat with a flattened top, tied under his chin. He has pendants hanging from his ears, with a nose ornament with beaded ends. James Cook entered Prince William Sound in 1778 and named it Sandwich Sound, after his patron the Earl of Sandwich. The editors of Cook's maps changed the name to Prince William Sound, in honor of Prince William, who would later become King William IV. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34277] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Alaska] A Woman of Prince William's Sound.
J. Webber del. J. Basire sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving., fine impression 310 x 240mm (12¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to the plate. Slight crease in centre.
A woman, head and shoulders facing front and looking towards the viewer, wearing a fur cape tied under her chin. She has pendants hanging from her ears, with a nose ornament and piercings beneath her bottom lip. James Cook entered Prince William Sound in 1778 and named it Sandwich Sound, after his patron the Earl of Sandwich. The editors of Cook's maps changed the name to Prince William Sound, in honor of Prince William, who would later become King William IV. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 51199] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

To the Kings most Excellent Majesty, This Plate, the North East View of ye City, Mole, Fortifications, & Port of Algiers in Barbary [...] [parallel text in French]
R. Wilkins pinx.t / J. Basire sculp.t
Published as the Act directs, by R. Ball April 12th 1776
Fine engraving, platemark 480 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
Detailed view of Algiers, now the capital of Algeria. Some parts of image lettered, referring to a separate key (not included). After a painting by the obscure marine painter Robert Wilkins (c.1740-90), who exhibited in London 1772-78.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38490] £620.00

S. Cunningham's Adventure with his Old Nurse and Astrologer.
W. Jett delin. J. Basire sculp.
[Birmingham: R. Walker, 1742.]
Engraving. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12").
Scene in an astrologer's study, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. Plate to Charles Johnson's (fl.1724 - 1731) 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c. To which is added, A Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates...' published by R. Walker, Birmingham, 1742. Inscribed 'Page 32' upper left.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 39878] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Gian Lorenzo Bernini] Beninus Pictor, sculptor et Architectus.
Salvator Rosa, del.t. J. Basire sc.t. 1764.
[London: Printed by J. Nichols and sold by J. Boydell, 1778.]
Etching. 305 x 245mm (12 x 9¾"). Mounted in album paper at edges, small hole filled.
A bust portrait of Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. From 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings' by Charles Rogers.
[Ref: 62285] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

James Bindley, Esq.r M.A. FSA. one of His Majestys Commissioners of Stamps.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Etching and engraving. 210 x 140mm. 8¼ x 5½".
James Bindley (1737-1818) was one of His Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and a book collector.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25317] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

From an antique Bronze in the possession of Thomas Hollis Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.
J.B. Cipriani del. J. Basire sculp.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini MDCCLXV
Engraving, platemark 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"). Small margins.
Engraving of an extraordinary bronze sculpture owned by the political propagandist Thomas Hollis (1720-74). An ardent supporter of the arts, Hollis commissioned six paintings from Canaletto and gave numerous commissions to G.B. Cipriani (from whose drawing this print was made). Hollis also had a strong relationship with James Basire, the engraver of this plate, as recounted by Richard Goddard in a recent publication, '"Drawing on Copper": The Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works', pp.113-7).
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45275] £620.00

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From an antique Bronze in the possession of Thomas Hollis Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.
J.B. Cipriani del. J. Basire sculp.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini MDCCLXV
Engraving, platemark 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"). Small margins. Cut to plate at bottom.
Engraving of an extraordinary bronze sculpture owned by the political propagandist Thomas Hollis (1720-74). An ardent supporter of the arts, Hollis commissioned six paintings from Canaletto and gave numerous commissions to G.B. Cipriani (from whose drawing this print was made). Hollis also had a strong relationship with James Basire, the engraver of this plate, as recounted by Richard Goddard in a recent publication, '"Drawing on Copper": The Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works', pp.113-7).
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45276] £550.00

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Giulielm Camden Clarenti. Pralecturae Historicae Fundator Munific. Hic oculos similesq vultus, hic ora lueri Poteris, nec ultra haec artifex quivit manus Annales ipsum celebrisq Britannia monstrant Perenniora saxo et aere [Greek Cyrillic.] Quisquis et Historiae Cathedram hanc conscenderit esto Benignitatis usque monumentum loquax.
Marcus Gherrardis pinxit. Loder del. Engrav'd by James Basire 1789.
Publish'd as the Act directs March 25, 1789.
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 330 x 222mm. 13 x 8¾".
William Camden (1551-1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and officer of arms. He wrote the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. After Marcus Gheeraerts (c.1561/2-1636).
NPG: D18702.
[Ref: 24798] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Colonel John Campbell, Who Succeeded to the Dukedom of Argyll in April 1761.]
[Jonathan Richardson Pinx.t 1721. James Basire Sculp.t.]
[n.d., c.1761.]
Engraving, scarce proof before engraved border and letters. Sheet 250 x 305mm (8 x 12"). Trimmed within plate.
General John Campbell (1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, Governor of Limerick and Privy Councillor, painted as a young man of 28, with a drawing book on his lap. He was already a lieutenant colonel and had served two terms in Parliament. This portrait was probably published when he succeeded to the dukedom.
See NPG D32570 for lettered state. See Ref: 13909 & 32570 for lettered impression.
[Ref: 59409] £450.00

Colonel John Campbell, Who Succeeded to the Dukedom of Argyll in April 1761.
Jonathan Richardson Pinx.t 1721. James Basire Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1761.]
Engraving. 350 x 495mm (13¾ x 19½"). Trimmed within plate at sides. Very slight creasing.
General John Campbell (1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, Governor of Limerick and Privy Councillor, painted as a young man of 28, with a drawing book on his lap. He was already a lieutenant colonel and had served two terms in Parliament. This portrait was probably published when he succeeded to the dukedom.
NPG D32570.
[Ref: 56442] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Colonel John Campbell, Who Succeeded to the Dukedom of Argyll in April 1761.
Jonathan Richardson Pinx.t 1721. James Basire Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Sheet 320 x 355mm (12¼ x 13¾"). Trimmed.
General John Campbell (1693-1770), 4th Duke of Argyll, Governor of Limerick and Privy Councillor, painted as a young man of 28, with a drawing book on his lap. He was already a lieutenant colonel and had served two terms in Parliament.
NPG D32570.
[Ref: 13909] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Cogan, M.D. Living Founder of the Royal Humane Society.
E. Gerard pinx.t. J.s Basire sculp.t.
Published by J. Nichols, Son & Bentley March 1. 1814.
Engraving. Sheet: 220 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed.
A half-length portrait of Thomas Cogan (1736-1818) a nonconformist physician and founder of the Royal Humane Society.
W. 638.
[Ref: 46464] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Great Comet of 1861 as seen from a Newtonian Equatorial of 13 inches aperture. July 2 10,h 10.m G.M.T. July 3 12.h 40.m G.M.T.
Waren de la Rue del. J. Basire sc.
[c.1861.]
Scarce mezzotint. 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"). Tear in top margin.
Two illustrations of the coma of the Great Comet of 1861 (designated C/1861 J1 and 1861 II). It is believed to have an orbital period of 400 years.
[Ref: 56812] £380.00

Captain James Cook, F.R.S.
Painted by W.m Hodges. Engraved by J.s Basire. 1777.
[Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 1.st 1777, by W.m Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane, & Tho.s Cadell, in the Strand, London.]
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, very slight loss in bottom right corner, mounted on album paper at edges.
Portrait of James Cook, the frontispiece of 'Voyage towards the South Pole', the official account of Cook's second voyage. As Hodges accompanied the voyage this image said to be the truest likeness.
[Ref: 52940] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[William Davies.] The Golden Farmer and the Tinker.
J. Nicholls delin J. Basire sculp [c.1736]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
William Davies (1627-90), a Welsh highwayman holding a man a gunpoint. Aged 64 he was caught and hanged at Salisbury Court (instead of Tyburn, as usual), where he had murdered a butcher, then was hung in chains on Bagshot Heath. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 41239] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of different Movements of ye Army of ye Allies under Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of ye French Army, under Marshal Villars; from ye beginning of ye Campaign to ye 24th July, 1712, when ye French attacked ye intrenched Camp at Denain commanded by the E. of Albermarle.
J. Basire sculp.
For Mr Tindal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England. [London, James & Paul Knapton, 1751.]
Engraved map. 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 19").
A plan of the French, English and Dutch movements during the wars of Spanish succession in 1712. Nicholas Tindal (1687-1774), at one time Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital, first published a translation of Frenchman Paul de Rapin's 'History of England' in 1727, running to thirteen volumes; in 1732 it was enlarged with his own notes and maps. This map was published in 'A summary of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, and Mr Tindal's Continuation, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the End of the Reign of King George I. Illustrated With Medals, Plans of Battles, Towns, and Sieges', 1751.
[Ref: 42393] £120.00

[George II.] I:G:I:M:E:D Vivat.
J. Basire Sculp. 1728.
Rare & scarce engraving. Sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate. Stained on right.
A profile portrait of George II in wig and armour, within a round frame with curtains and cherubs.
[Ref: 58697] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the two great Pyramids of Gize on the North side where the situation of the Entrance is seen of the greatest Pyramid. Veüe des Pyramides du Gize au coté du Nord, au on voit la situations de l’Entrée de la grande Pyramide.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 247 x 417mm. 9¾ x 16½". Very large margins, some creasing to right.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, at the Giza Necropolis on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Probably from a set of prints
[Ref: 26943] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Mr Thomas Gray.]
[After William Mason], [Engraved by James Basire].
[Published According to Act of Parliament March 1st 1775].
Rare proof engraving. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771), English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', published in 1751.
[Ref: 64212] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with man on right drawing a ruin]
Guercino del. Basire fecit.
[published by John Boydell, 1764]
Etching printed in brown ink with very large margins; platemark 200 x 300mm (8 x 11¾"). Fine impression.
Landscape after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. A collection of original drawings by Guercino and other Italian masters were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III (they remain in the Royal Collection today). The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met engraver Francesco Bartolozzi in Italy and brought him to London in 1764 to engrave many of these drawings, alongside other engravers including (in this case) Joseph Basire. The plates were later published in two volumes by the Boydells as 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for various other plates from the same project see refs. 21271, 21268 etc.
[Ref: 34838] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Landscape with two figures conversing]
Guercino del. Basire fecit.
[published by John Boydell, 1764]
Etching printed in brown ink with very large margins, platemark 225 x 295mm (8¾ x 11¾"). Fine impression; slight foxing to edges.
Landscape after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666), known as Guercino. A collection of original drawings by Guercino and other Italian masters were acquired by the Earl of Bute while on his Grand Tour, and later given to George III (they remain in the Royal Collection today). The king's librarian, Richard Dalton, met engraver Francesco Bartolozzi in Italy and brought him to London in 1764 to engrave many of these drawings, alongside other engravers including (in this case) Joseph Basire. The plates were later published in two volumes by the Boydells as 'Eighty-two prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi & c. from the original drawings of Guercino, in the collection of his Majesty'.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; for various other plates from the same project see refs. 21271, 21268 etc.
[Ref: 34837] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Encampment of King Henry VIII at Marquison, July MDXLIV. Engraved from a Coeval Painting, at Cowdray in Sussex, the Seat of Lord Viscount Montague.
Drawn from the Original, by S.H. Grimm. Engraved by James Basire, 1788.
Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariorum Londini. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 23rd April, 1788.
Engraving. 565 x 460mm (22¼" x 18"). Repaired tears mainly left. Small margins.
From a series prints engraved from paintings at Cowdray.
[Ref: 65319] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[Ben Hoadly, D.D. Bishop of Winchester. Aged LXXX.]
[Drawn by NHone, after a Wax Model by Mr Gosset, done in the year 1756, and Engrav'd by James Basire 1771.]
Engraving, proof before letters. Sheet 315 x 185mm (12½ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Oval portrait of Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761), appointed as the George I's chaplain and Bishop of Bangor in 1715, Salisbury in 1723 and finally Winchester in 1734. He is best known for speaking on behalf of the king in the 'Bangorian Controversy', arguing that there was no Biblical justification for any church government, an attack on the bishops sitting in the House of Lords. His portrait was more famously painted by William Hogarth; Hoadly's son Benjamin helped Hogarth on his 'Analysis of Beauty', 1753.
[Ref: 59419] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Howard, Comes Arundellæ.
Peter Paul Rubens Pinxt. James Basire del et Sculpt.
[n.d., 1763.]
Engraving. 540 x 360mm (21¼ x 14¼"), large margins. Some spotting, laid on card, time stained.
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Howard (1585-1646), fourteenth Earl of Arundel, in armour, a second of the half-length portrait by Rubens in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
[Ref: 56443] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

David Hume.
Engraved by Basire MDCCLXV.
[1765]
Engraving. Sheet 225 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed into plate, mounted in album paper.
Portrait in profile of David Hume (1711-76), Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. His 'History of Great Britain' (1754-62), spanning from the Roman invasion to the Glorious Revolution, went through over 100 editions. Many considered it the standard history of England until Thomas Macaulay.
[Ref: 64371] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Kerlescan standing stones at Carnac] Row near Kerlescant.
J.s Basire sc.
Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, April 23rd, 1833.
Etching. 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
Standing stones at Carnac, Brittany. From 'Archaeologia ; Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity: Volume 25, Part 1'.
[Ref: 61383] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Vol .I.p.163. West Lullworth Cove belonging to T. Weld Esqr. N.B. This Cove is 1380 feet in diameter, and 21 feet in depth at low water. [&] Vol.I.p.130. S. East View of Bindon Abbey belonging to T. Weld Esq.r.
Engrav'd by James Basire. 1773.
Engraving, plate 370 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper. Some cockling.
Two views in Dorset.
See also 15747.
[Ref: 60050] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Magna Carta. Regis Johannis. A.D. M.CCXV. Ex Orig. in Archiv. Eccl. Cathed. Lincoln.
James Basire Sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 470 x 505mm (18½ x 20"). Trimmed, stained, original folds, old ink mss. on reverse.
A facsimile of the Magna Carta, from the example held in Lincoln Cathedral, probably engraved for the Society of Antiquaries. Basire engraved another example of the Magna Carta for Hansard's 'Report on the Public Records of the Kingdom, Appendix'.
[Ref: 58093] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Alexander Monro Senr. M.D. Professor of Anatomy, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, and F.R.S.
Painted by Allan Ramsay Esqr. Engarved by James Basire 1775.
Published as the Act directs, for C. Elliot, Edinburgh 1781.
Engraving. Sheet: 215 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Trimmed within plate. Very slight stain marks.
Half-length portrait of Alexander Monro (1697 - 1767), physician The frontispiece to 'The Works of A. Monro published by his son A. Monro...' after Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784).
Wellcome: 2039-1.
[Ref: 39985] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The City of Nan-Kin from Nieuhof. Plate 6. No.4 page.8.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12'').
A view of Nanjing in China. After an illustration in Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition c. 1670.
[Ref: 49907] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The City of Nan-Kin from Nieuhof. Plate 6. No.4 page.8.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12''). Small margins.
A view of Nanjing in China. After an illustration in Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition c. 1670.
[Ref: 49905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Adolphus Mekerchus...Nullum majus felicitatis specimen arbitror, quam semper omnes Scrie, qualis fuerit aliquis. Plin. H.N. 35. II. Gent. Mag. April, 1797. Pl.I.p.273.
Engraved by James Basire.
[n.d. c.1797.]
Engraving. Plate 184 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of Adolif van Meetkercke, within a frame of leaves, a globe, a book, an ink pot with a quill pen, a pan flute and a lyre. Adolf van Meetkercke (1528-1591), the Flemish diplomat and humanist who travelled to France and England on diplomatic missions.
[Ref: 34622] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Magdalene Tower and Grove, from Christ-Chuch Meadow.
Drawn by H. O'Neill. Engraved by James Basire.
[Oxford Almanac, 1812]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, into image on right. Repaired tear right centre.
[Ref: 58092] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

South East View of Christ Church Cathedral. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCIII [1803].
Drawn by E. Days. Engraved by James Basire.
[Oxford, 1803.] Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, pinholes in the margins.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 4 pence per year.
[Ref: 51434] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Part of the Quadrangle of Exeter College. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXIII [1813].
Drawn by C. Wild. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, damp stains.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51431] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Magdalen Tower and Bridge, &c.]
Drawn by E. Dayes. Engraved by James Basire.
[Oxford, 1797.]
Engraving, proof before title. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼") very large margins.
A view looking up at Magdalen Bridge and Tower from the banks of the Cherwell, published as the Oxford Almanac for 1797. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674.
[Ref: 62280] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

AView of the Theatre, Printing House, &c. The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCC [1800].
Drawn by E. Days. Engraved by James Basire. J. Cole, Cal, sc.
[Oxford, 1800.] Price Two Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, pinholes in the margins.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 4 pence per year.
[Ref: 51437] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

View of St Peter's Church, The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCIX [1809].
Drawn by Thyne O'Niell. Engraved by James Basire.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price Three Shillings and Six Pence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp lower right margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold, wear to the edges.
The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at one shilling per year.
[Ref: 51433] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Temple of Pau Lin Shi from Nieuhof. No.114. Vo.3, Palte LII, p.413.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 210mm (6 x 8¼'').
A view of the temple of Pau Lin Shi after the work of Nieuhof who produced some of the earliest views of China. This plate appears in 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels' published by Astley.
[Ref: 48761] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of the Incampment of the Allies at Prats del Rey under the command of Count Staremberg; and of ye Enemy under the Duke of Wendosme; where ye two Armies lay from ye 17th of Septem.r to ye 25th of Decem.r 1711N.S. when ye Enemy decamped, and ye Allies the 27th.
J. Basire sculp.
For Mr Tindal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England. [London, James & Paul Knapton, 1751.]
Engraved map. 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 19").
Plan of the encampments of the Franco-Spanish armies and the armies of the British and the Holy Roman Empire during their stand off in Spain at the end of 1711. Nicholas Tindal (1687-1774), at one time Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital, first published a translation of Frenchman Paul de Rapin's 'History of England' in 1727, running to thirteen volumes; in 1732 it was enlarged with his own notes and maps. This map was published in 'A summary of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, and Mr Tindal's Continuation, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the End of the Reign of King George I. Illustrated With Medals, Plans of Battles, Towns, and Sieges', 1751.
[Ref: 42391] £190.00

Tho:s Savage Returning to Hannah Blay's Lodging.
J. Nicholls delin J. Basire sculp [c.1736].
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
The murderer Thomas Savage (1651/2-68) at the lodgings of the prostitute Hannah Blay, who encouraged the teenaged apprentice to steal from his master. After Savage killed his master's servant, both he and Blay were hanged. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 41241] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir George Savile Bar.t.]
[Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.]
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.]
Etching and engraving, scarce proof before all letters. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 50433] £380.00

Sir George Savile Bar.t
Painted by Benj.n Wilson. Engraved & Etched by B.W. and Mr. Basire.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Dec.r the 4.th 1770.
Etching and engraving. 495 x 335mm (19½ x 13¼"). Trimmed to platemark. Slight creasing in title area.
Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet (1726-1784) was an English politician; seated here with plans marked 'The Calder Navigation', Halifax. This is a reference to his 'Letter of Sir George Savile, Bart. on an attempt made to interfere with the Aire and Calder Navigation in the year 1772'. He entered the House of Commons for Yorkshire in 1759 and was a liberal. He backed moves to relieve the restriction on Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters. He also defended the action of the American colonists. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist. A related painting of Savile by Wilson from 1751 is in Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
Included in the Science & Society Picture Library, Science Museum. Leeds portrait repr.in Andrew Graciano (ed.) 'Memoir of Benjamin Wilson, FRS' (Walpole Society, 2012)
[Ref: 53677] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Stanhope [Lady Ann de Delaval Stanhope].
Painted by Benjamin Wilson. Engraved by James Basire, 1771.
Published According to Act of Parliament, May, yr.1st.1772.
Proof engraving. Plate 515 x 350mm (20¼ x 16"), with large margins. Creases and tears to margins. Small hole in the edge of the platemark on the left bottom. Title and publication line slightly faded. Slightly foxed.
Anne Hussey (Delaval), Lady Stanhope (died 1811), Wife of Sir William Stanhope. Skull on table.
[Ref: 53721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Tufted-Tailed or Mountain Kanguroo.
London, Published by G.B. Whittaker, Feb.y 1825.
Fine coloured engraving. 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to platemark.
From 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Léopold, Baron de Cuvier, published 1827-35.
[Ref: 55358] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Vauxhall Bridge] This Plate exhibiting a Picturesque Elevation of the Iron Bridge Erected over the Thames at Vauxhall, under the Direction of James Walker, Engineer, & compleated A.D. 1816, Is respectfully Dedicated to the Vauxhall Bridge Company, by their very Obedient & humble Servant, Sam.l Cossart.
Sam.l Cossart del. J.s Basire, sculp.
Publishedas the Act directs, Nov.r 1, 1816.
Coloured engraving. 310 x 630mm (12¼ x 24¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, tears taped, some soiling.
The first Vauxhall Bridge, opened as a toll bridge in 1816, replaced 1906. A scale bar is drawn on a raft of timber lower right.
[Ref: 56685] £350.00

[Untitled landscape with waterfall and wooden bridge, Wales]
Drawn by Robert Price Esq.r. Engraved by James Basire.
[n.d.. c.1760.]
Etching and aquatint in crayon manner, printed in sepia, with large margins, scarce. 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Tears and soiling in margins.
A rare print, apparently from a sketchbook by amateur artist Robert Price (1717-1761) of Foxley, Herefordshire, who was taught to draw by Giovanni Battista Busiri while in Rome on his grand tour, which commenced in 1738. His son was Sir Uvedale Price, baronet, author of 'Essay on the Picturesque' (1794), parodied by Jane Austen in 'Northanger Abbey'. The engraver is James Basire the elder (1730-1802), Master of William Blake.
BM 1880,0807.18: 'probably taken from a drawing book'. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36411] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Caynaut in the parish of Llanvrothen near Trath Mawr in Merionethshire.
Drawn by Robert Price Esq.r. Engraved by James Basire.
[n.d.. c.1760.]
Etching and aquatint in crayon manner, with large margins, scarce. 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Margins chipped and soiled.
A rare print, apparently from a sketchbook by amateur artist Robert Price (1717-1761) of Foxley, Herefordshire, who was taught to draw by Giovanni Battista Busiri while in Rome on his grand tour, which commenced in 1738. His son was Sir Uvedale Price, baronet, author of 'Essay on the Picturesque' (1794), parodied by Jane Austen in 'Northanger Abbey'. The engraver is James Basire the elder (1730-1802), Master of William Blake.
The BM has a similar plate 'probably taken from a drawing book' (BM 1880,0807.18). Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36410] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Untitled landscape with waterfall and wooden bridge, Wales]
Drawn by Robert Price Esq.r. Engraved by James Basire.
[n.d.. c.1760.]
Etching and aquatint in crayon manner, very large margins, scarce. 290 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾"). Margins creased and soiled, three worm holes top left.
A rare print, apparently from a sketchbook by amateur artist Robert Price (1717-1761) of Foxley, Herefordshire, who was taught to draw by Giovanni Battista Busiri while in Rome on his grand tour, which commenced in 1738. His son was Sir Uvedale Price, baronet, author of 'Essay on the Picturesque' (1794), parodied by Jane Austen in 'Northanger Abbey'. The engraver is James Basire the elder (1730-1802), Master of William Blake.
BM 1880,0807.18: 'probably taken from a drawing book'. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 36409] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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