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Second Voyage Aérien.
Second Voyage Aérien. Expériénce faite dans le Jardin Thueilleries par M.M. Charles et Robert, le 1.er x.bre 1783. Le Globe en Taffettas gommé de 26 Pieds de diamètre était plein d'Air inflammable.
Dessiné par le Ch.r de Lorimier. Gravé par N. De Launay.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, repair on right edge, paper toned.
A view of a balloon carrying professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert away from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, on the 1st December 1783. Coming less than a fortnight after Montolfier's first balloon flight, this was the first using hydrogen rather than hot air. Among the 400,000 spectators reported were Montgolfier and Benjamin Franklin.
[Ref: 57654]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Bienfaisance d'une Famille Sauvage du Canada, envers des Français
Bienfaisance d'une Famille Sauvage du Canada, envers des Français
J.M. Moreau le Jeane, Del. N. De Launay sculp. 1780.
[Geneva: Pellet, c.1780.]
Engraving with large margins. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½").
'Charity of a savage family in Canada towards the French'. A plate from the Abbé Raynal's 'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens des Européens dans les deux Indes', a study of colonialism heavily influenced by the Englightenment, banned in his native France in 1779.
[Ref: 31842]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Voilà la Monnoie des tributs que paye le Roi de Portugal.
Voilà la Monnoie des tributs que paye le Roi de Portugal.
J.M. Moreau le Jeane, Del. N. De Launay sculp. 1780.
[Geneva: Pellet, c.1780.]
Engraving with large margins. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½").
Alfonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515), a Portuguese adventurer, built a fortress in Hormuz in 1509, dominating the entrance of the Persian Gulf. An insurrection by his lieutenants weakened him, but when the Persians demanded tribute from the Portuguese, Albuquerque showed him some guns and cannon balls and said 'Here is the tribute the king of Portugal will pay'. A plate from the Abbé Raynal's 'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens des Européens dans les deux Indes', a study of colonialism heavily influenced by the Englightenment, banned in his native France in 1779.
[Ref: 31841]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Leda. Tiré du Cabinet de M.r Watelet.
Leda. Tiré du Cabinet de M.r Watelet. Dediée à Monsieur Pierre. Chevalier de l'Orde du Roy, Professeur de l'Academie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture, et premier Peintre de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans. Par son très humble et très obeissant Serviteur et Ami Lempereur.
J.B.M. Pierre pinx. N. Delaunay sculp.
A Paris, chez Lempereur, Graveur du Roy, rue et porte St Jacques, au dessus du petit Marché [n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving with etching. 18th century watermark, 320 x 370mm (12½ x 14½"), Small margins.
An oval scene of Leda lying naked and looking at the swan. A pair with 'Endymion'.
[Ref: 55071]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Les Espagnols se rendent maitre de Montezuma dans Mexico même.
Les Espagnols se rendent maitre de Montezuma dans Mexico même.
J.M. Moreau le Jeane, Del. N. De Launay sculp. 1780.
[Geneva: Pellet, c.1780.]
Engraving with large margins. 280 x 215mm (11 x 8½").
The capture of the Aztec king Montezuma by the Spanish. A plate from the Abbé Raynal's 'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens des Européens dans les deux Indes', a study of colonialism heavily influenced by the Englightenment, banned in his native France in 1779.
[Ref: 31840]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Troisieme Voyage Aerien.
Troisieme Voyage Aerien. Experience faite a Lion le 19 Janvier 1784. Sous la Direction de M.r Joseph Montgolfier avec une Machine Aerostatique de 102 Pieds de Diametre sur 126 de Hauteur. Planche 3. Pag. 67.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, plate 200 x 130mm (8 x 5¼"), with small margins. Small tear in left going into the plate mark but not the image.
A view of the Montgolfier's (Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 –1810) & Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 –1799 )) balloon, le Flesselles (named after Jacques de Flesselles (1730 – 1789)), on it's voyage at Lyon in 1784. This balloon built by the Montgolfiers carried seven passengers as high as 3,000 feet (914 m) however unfortunately gave a rough landing to its passengers.
See Ref: 57654, 57655 & 58172. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58168]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Experience faite a Versaille, en presence de leurs Majestes et de la Famille Royale,
Experience faite a Versaille, en presence de leurs Majestes et de la Famille Royale, per M.r Montgolfier, le 19. Sept. 1783.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½") Trimmed within plate mark. Some surface dirt. Pencil in image within the sky. A small amount of creasing.
A view of the Aérostat Réveillon's, a Montgolfier brothers balloon, voyage on 19 September 1783. It was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel ("Climb-to-the-sky"), a duck and a rooster. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted and was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes. The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette and a crowd. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles (3 km), and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet (460 m). The craft landed safely after flying.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58169]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Premier Voyage Aerien En Presence de M.gr le Dauphin.
Premier Voyage Aerien En Presence de M.gr le Dauphin. Experience faite dans le Jardin de la Muette, Sous la Direction de M.r Montgolfier, Par M.r le Marquis d'Arlandes et M.r Pilatre du Rosier, le 21. 9.bre 1783. Vue de la Terrasse de M.r Fraanklin a Passi.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
A view of the first free flight by humans in a Montgolfier balloon, on 21st November 1783. It was made by Pilâtre de Rozier (1754 – 1785), together with an army officer, the marquis d'Arlandes (François Laurent (1742 –1809)). The flight began from the grounds of the Château de la Muette close to the Bois de Boulogne park in the western outskirts of Paris. They flew about 3,000 feet (910 m) above Paris for a distance of nine kilometers. After 25 minutes, the balloon landed between the windmills, outside the city ramparts, on the Butte-aux-Cailles. Enough fuel remained on board at the end of the flight to have allowed the balloon to fly four to five times as far. However, burning embers from the fire were scorching the balloon fabric and had to be daubed out with sponges. As it appeared it could destroy the balloon, Pilâtre took off his coat to stop the fire.
See 57654 & 57655 for second voyage. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58172]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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La Félicité Villageoise,
La Félicité Villageoise, Gravé d'après le Dessin de Freudeberg, Par Delignon. [&] La Gaieté Conjugale. Gravé d'après le Dessin de Freudeberg, Par de Launay.
Dessiné par S. Freudeberg. Gravé sous la Direction de N. De Launay, par J.L Délignon, son Eleve. [&] Dessiné par S. Freudeberg. Gravé par N. De Launay
à Paris chez De Launay Rue et Porte St Jacques No 112.
Pair of etchings; later issue. 330 x 365mm (13 x 14¼"). Extremely large margins.
Two oval scenes of domestic romance after Swiss artist Sigmund Freudenberger.
[Ref: 38227]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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The Death of General Wolfe at Quebec.
The Death of General Wolfe at Quebec.
Painted by B. West. Engraved by de Launay.
London Published by Tessari & Co. [n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple and etching with small margins. Platemark: 325 x 400mm (12¾ x 15¾"). Repaired tear in lower margin. Light foxing in margins.
General James Wolfe (1727-59), killed at the moment of his famous victory over the French at Quebec, which delivered Canada into the hands of the British. Wolfe, supported by three grenadiers, succumbs to his fatal wounds, watched by nine other officers and a native American warrior to the left. After Pennsylvanian painter Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). West moved to London in 1763, where he remained, becoming President of the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 35771]   £530.00  
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