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[Humen] Ile de Bocca Tigre et Batteries de Bocca Tigris.
[Humen] Ile de Bocca Tigre et Batteries de Bocca Tigris.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with large margins, blind stamp of 'La Favorite'. Some spotting in margins.
A view of the famous forts in the Pearl River delta, built to guard the approaches to Canton. Later in the 1830s the first major battle of the First Opium War was the British attack on these forts. Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace", published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832).
[Ref: 56199]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Rio-Janeiro.
Rio-Janeiro.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper, rare, with very large margins; 290 x 380mm. 11½ x 15".
A view looking towards Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the Guanabara Bay. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27819]   £650.00  
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Rio-Janeiro.
Rio-Janeiro.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. N. Rémond imp. [n.d. c.1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15").
A view looking towards Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the Guanabara Bay. From 'Voygage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace'.
[Ref: 23754]   £350.00  
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Une Rue de Canton.
Une Rue de Canton.
Paris sc. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit / Finot Imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper, platemark 285 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15". Tear (to backing sheet but not india) upper right
Canton (now Guangzhou) in the Guangdong province of China. A rare western example of a precise Chinese street scene showing a range of activities and trades. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
[Ref: 36962]   £320.00  
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Factoreries a Canton.
Factoreries a Canton.
de Sainson del d'apres Paris. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper with very large margins, 285 x 375mm. 11¼ x 14¾".
View at trading port of Guangzhou (Canton) on the Pearl River, Guangdong province, China, to the northwest of Hong Kong. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27827]   £550.00  
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Une Rue de Canton.
Une Rue de Canton.
Pâris del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing. Stain in left margin.
A view of a street in Canton, now known as Guangzou, showing shops, broadsides posted on the walls and figures going about their daily business. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46787]   £320.00  
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Fort de L'Entrée de la Typa.
Fort de L'Entrée de la Typa.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing. Stain in left margin.
A view of a fort at the entrance of the Typa River near Canton. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46788]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Factoreries à Canton.
Factoreries à Canton.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing. Staining in left margin.
A view of some of the factories in Canton, foreign mechants were restricted by various Chinese laws confining them to the area known as the Thirteen Factories in the port of Guangzou. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46786]   £450.00  
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Canton.
Canton. Homme de la haute classe. Femme de la haute classe.
de Sainson del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing; stain in left margin.
A pair of portraits, one showing the dress of an upper class man and the second of an upper class woman. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46792]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Village Chinois.
Village Chinois.
Pâris del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing; stain in left margin..
A view of a Chinese village, showing boats on the river and houses built on its banks. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46791]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Vue De Douvres - Prise de la Douane.
Vue De Douvres - Prise de la Douane.
J. Gendall del. Himely Sculp.
A Paris dhes Basset Rue st. Jacques. No. 64.
Aquatint. 520 x 410mm. Top edge trimmed to plate.
[Ref: 2672]   £390.00  
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Irbou (Galla de Borokote)
Irbou (Galla de Borokote) Billo (Azebo Galla).
Dessine par Vignaud et Lefebvre. Grave par Himely.
Paris. Arthus Bertrand, editeur [1845-1851].
Two images from one plate, hand coloured aquatint with gum arabic. Sheet 340 x 505mm, 13½ x 19¾". Some light spotting and soiling; crease through lower right corner. Slight foxing.
Ethnographic portrait studies of two Ethiopians, their heads in profile. From the folio 'Album historique, ethnologique et archéologique', part of 'Voyage en Abyssinie exécuté pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843' by Théophile Lefèbvre (1811 - 1860).
BL FRBNF30772566.
[Ref: 20596]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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La Favorite
La Favorite en route pour Bourbon au commenement de l'ouragan.
Lavergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). This print shows her navigating rough seas on her journey to Bourbon at the onset of a hurricane.
[Ref: 54875]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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La Favorite
La Favorite en route pour Valparaiso.
Lavergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Large water stain in left margin. Some spotting.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). This print shows her navigating rough seas on her journey to Chile.
[Ref: 54870]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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La Favorite
La Favorite appareillant de Bourbon a l'approache du 2 .eme ouragan.
Lavergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). This print shows her navigating rough seas on her journey leaving Bourbon approaching a second hurricane.
[Ref: 54874]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Echouage De La Favorite.
Echouage De La Favorite.
Lavergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). This print shows her destruction with people escaping in life boats.
[Ref: 54873]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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La Favorite.
La Favorite. franchissant la Passe de Korora Reka. (Nouv. Zelande.)
Paris del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper, with very large margins, 290 x 380mm. 11½ x 15".
The three-masted ship 'La Favorite' sailing off the coast of Russell, formerly known as Kororareka, the first permanent European settlement and sea port in New Zealand. It is situated in the Bay of Islands, in the far north of the North Island. Here engraved for the account of her own voyage: 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27821]   £450.00  
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Canton.
Canton. Homme et Femmes du peuple. Barber Chinois.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson.Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). Two scenes of daily life in Canton (Guangzhou) China; on the left peasants with buckets and a woman walking with a child strapped to her back; the right a barber shaves a mans head.
[Ref: 54876]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Guinea] Village de Bel-Air sur la Côte d'Afrique.
[Guinea] Village de Bel-Air sur la Côte d'Afrique.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with large margins, blind stamp of 'La Favorite'. Some spotting in margins.
A view of Bel-Air, a village of straw huts near Conakry in Guinea. From the series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace", published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832).
[Ref: 56200]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Mouth of Fox River. (Indiana).
Mouth of Fox River. (Indiana). Mündung des Fox-River (Indiana). [/] Embouchure du Fox-River (Indiana).
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ch. Bodmer. / Gravé par Himely.
London published by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint, laid on india. Blindstamp underneath publication line reads, 'C.Bodmer, Direc'. Printed area: 436 x 300mm. (17¼ x 11¾"). Cut to platemark on left.
A view of the confluence of the Fox and Wabash Rivers: Cattle drink from their watering place on the opposite bank, a flock of Carolina Parrakeets can be seen settling in the mass of branches and vines at the top of the scene, beneath a Bald Eagle perches watchfully. After Karl Bodmer (1809 - 1893), engraved by Sigismond Himely (1801-1866). Bodmer accompanied German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 to 1834 on his Missouri River expedition. He was hired as an artist by Maximilian with the specific intent of travelling through the American West and recording images of cities, rivers, towns and people they saw along the way. Titles in German, French and English.
[Ref: 28829]   £650.00  
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[Vietnam] Reception du Commandant de la Favourite par un Mandarin Cochinois.
[Vietnam] Reception du Commandant de la Favourite par un Mandarin Cochinois.
de Sainson del d'après Schoulten. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with large margins, blind stamp of 'La Favorite'. Some spotting in margins.
From the series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace", published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832).
[Ref: 56201]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Rivière De Bezouki.
Rivière De Bezouki.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A view of the River Bezouki, Java Indonesia. A waterfall crashes over a man made dam, three locals stand and sit on the rock next to the dam, other more westernly dressed men converse in two groups on the higher river bank. Trees and mountains can be seen in the distance.
[Ref: 54886]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Banjowangui.
Banjowangui.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A view of Banyuwangi a town at the far eastern end of the island of Java, Indonesia. A man in a four horse drawn buggy speeds down a dirt road lined with palm trees. A large gathering of people can be seen outside a cluster of buildings in the middleground. Cows casually graze the open fields alongside the dirt road. The background is covered by a vast expanse of trees and foliage with mountains in the distance.
[Ref: 54889]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Résidence De Bezouki.
Résidence De Bezouki. (Java)
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A view of a house Bezouki, Java Indonesia. A group of men with horses converse on the vast grounds of the house. A bridge crosses a vast expanse of foliage leading to the mountains in the distance.
[Ref: 54891]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Rivière De Bezouki.
Rivière De Bezouki. a Java
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A view of the River Bezouki, Java Indonesia. People walk along the path on the river bank, expansive folliage is fenced in to their left. Men struggle to wash horses in the river. On a higher river bank on the other side sits a simple house with clothes hanging out to dry on a washing line.
[Ref: 54888]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Rivière de Bezouki.
Rivière de Bezouki.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 375mm (11¼ x 14¾"), with very large margins with blindstamp of 'La Favorite' in bottom margin.
A river of Java, with a waterfall. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54668]   £350.00  
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Jeux Guerriers A Bankalang.
Jeux Guerriers A Bankalang. Java.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A scene in Java Indonesia. Warriors put on a display with wooden spears while musicans play from underneath a veranda, spectators watch on including the uniformed crewmen of the Favorite.
[Ref: 54879]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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Macao.
Macao.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper. 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15"), with wide margins.
Prospect of the trading port of Macao (Macau), on the South China Sea; a sailing ship in foreground. Macao is now, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27829]   £650.00  
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Couvent de la Guia à Macao.
Couvent de la Guia à Macao.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Stain in left margin; foxing in large margins.
A view of the 17th century fortress of Guia with the convent of St Clare in Macau. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite
[Ref: 46784]   £380.00  
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Macao.
Macao.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. Finot imp.
de Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins.
Prospect of the Portuguese trading port of Macao (Macau), from 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...'. Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54665]   £650.00  
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Macao.
Macao.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Foxing, stain in left margins.
A view of the town of Macau on the Pearl River in China. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46793]   £480.00  
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Fort de L'Entree de la Typa.
Fort de L'Entree de la Typa.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris, c.1835.]
Aquatint printed in brown ink 290 x 380mm. 11½ x 15". A good impression; small nicks and creases to lower left margin.
A prospect of a fortification on Taipa, the smaller of the two islands of Macao (Macau); rowing boats and a sailing ship in foreground. Macao is now, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China. From "Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace."
NLA 2201115.
[Ref: 21056]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Madras.
Madras.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper with very large margins, 295 x 390mm. 11½ x 15¼".
The three-masted ship 'La Favorite' sailing off the coast of Chennai (formerly Madras), on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, south India. She is sailing close to a smaller, two-masted vessel flying British colours. Here La Favorite is engraved for the account of her own voyage: 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27824]   £450.00  
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Vue Prise à Malacca.
Vue Prise à Malacca.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), very large margins, with blindstamp of 'La Favorite' in bottom margin.
View at Malacca, Malaysia; some Europeans on horseback in right foreground. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54666]   £390.00  
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Restes des Fortifications Portugaises à Malacca.
Restes des Fortifications Portugaises à Malacca.
Pâris del. Himely sc. Finot imp.
De Sainson Edit. [n.d., 1835.]
Aquatint on india. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14"), with publisher's blindstamp of 'Favourite's' stern with large margins. Staining in outer margins.
View of the town of Malacca, at the time a British colony, published in ' Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace'. The artist, François-Edmond Pâris (1806-1893), was a young ensign who had already accompanied Dumont d'Urville around the world. He ended his naval career as an admiral.
[Ref: 46333]   £320.00  
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Vue Prise à Malacca.
Vue Prise à Malacca.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. Finot imp.
De Sainson Edit. [n.d., 1835.]
Coloured aquatint on india, publisher's blindstamp. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14"). .
View of the town of Malacca, at the time a British colony, published in ' Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace'.
[Ref: 24857]   £320.00  
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Vue Prise à Malacca.
Vue Prise à Malacca.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper, 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), with very large margins with blindstamp of 'La Favorite'.
View at Malacca, Malaysia; some Europeans on horseback in right foreground. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27825]   £550.00  
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Entree de la Riviere de Malacca.
Entree de la Riviere de Malacca.
Paris del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper with very large margins, 290 x 380mm. 11½ x 15". Small closed tear from above.
View on the Malay Peninsula; a soldier with his musket to right foreground. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27826]   £550.00  
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Nouvelle Zélande.
Nouvelle Zélande. Jeune Fille. Chef de Guerriers.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins. Large water stain in left margin.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). Two scenes of daily life in New Zealand; the left shows a young lady and other ladies presumably dancing; the right a tattooed chief sitting with a staff wearing a cloak made from Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax) fibre.
[Ref: 54882]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Foret au Havre Carteret
Foret au Havre Carteret (Nouvelle - Irlande)
de Sainson pinx. Himely sc.
J. Tastu edit. Finot imp: [Paris, 1835.]
Aquatint on india laid paper, sheet 520 x 335mm. 20½" x 13¼". Trimmed to plate on two sides.
European explorers crossing a river in the rain forest of New Ireland Island, Papua New Guinea. The figure seated on the left bank sketching in a portfolio seems to be the expedition artist Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801 - 1887). Numbered 'Pl.209' upper right. From Cyrille Pierre The´odore Laplace's 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832...'
See NLA: 2702822. BL: 002075877.
[Ref: 18757]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Cochinchine-Philippines.
Cochinchine-Philippines. Femmes Cochinchinoises. Togals.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate at top.
Two costume images: women of Cochinchina and men and women of the Philippines. From the 'Atlas Historique' of the 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54667]   £390.00  
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Rivière De S.t Dennis
Rivière De S.t Dennis (The Bourbon)
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored the Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A view of the River De St. Dennis, on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. A man carries water from the river in pots and women wash clothes, nearby cows graze. A small hut can be seen in the middle ground. The mountainous terrain fills the distance.
[Ref: 54892]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Ile-de-Gorée.
Ile-de-Gorée.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"), with very large margins, with blindstamp of 'La Favorite'.
A view of French settlement of Île de Gorée, Senegal, famed for its 'Maison des Esclaves' with its 'Door of No Return'. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54669]   £260.00  
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Vue de Sewen et du Lac de Lowerz vers le Rigi.
Vue de Sewen et du Lac de Lowerz vers le Rigi.
Winterlin del. Himely sc.
à Basle chez Birmann & Fils [n.d. c.1830].
Aquatint with etching on india paper 270 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼").
Fine view beside a lake in Switzerland.
[Ref: 25951]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Habitation A Mahé,
Habitation A Mahé, (Seychelles)
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A view of a house in Mahé; the largest island in the Seychelles archipelago, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa. The uniformed crew of the Favorite interact with the locals in an open space surrounded by a cluster of buildings. Trees and mountains can be seen in the distance.
[Ref: 54884]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Vue de Freetown prise de Kingstown,
Vue de Freetown prise de Kingstown, Sur la Côte deSierra Leone en Afrique.
Dessiné par J.s Gray. Gravé par Himeley.
Déposé à la Direction. [n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½"). Surface crease in image. Trimmed.
[Ref: 55637]   £480.00  
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Vue de Siège de Fingal, dans L'Ile de Staffa.
Vue de Siège de Fingal, dans L'Ile de Staffa.
Dessinée sur les lieux par C.L.F.Panckoucke. Gravé par Himely.
[Paris: C.L.F.Panckoucke, 1831.]
Aquatint. 260 x 330mm (10¼ x 13"). Slight staining below title.
A profile of Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa in Scotland, from 'L'Ile de Staffa et sa Grotte Basaltique. Dessinées et Décrites par C.L.F.Panckoucke#.
[Ref: 41853]   £140.00  
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Rivière De Sourabaya.
Rivière De Sourabaya.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
Aquatint on india, plate 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with very large margins. Blind stamp with 'La Favorite' in the bottom margin. Some spotting in margins.
Part of a series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace". Published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832). A scene along a river in Sourabaya (Surabaya) Indonesia. People walk along a path on the river bank, buildings to the left of them the river to the right. Two men in the distance navigate the water in a boat.
[Ref: 54877]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Sydney.
Sydney. Etablissement principal de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 290 x 390mm. (11½ x 15¼") large margins. Slight lifting of chine collé.
This view of Circular Quay, Sydney Cove in New South Wales, Australia, shows Fort Macquarie at the left, the present site of the Sydney Opera House. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). The French expedition moored in Port Jackson during August and September 1831.
[Ref: 51986]   £690.00  
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Riviere de Derwent,
Riviere de Derwent, (Van Diemen)
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on india paper with very large margins, 290 x 380mm. 11½ x 15".
View on the Derwent River, Tasmania. Blindstamp to lower margin of a ship's hull in cross-section marked 'La Favorite'. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols).
See BNF FRBNF33995730. See BM Anthropology Library KU4 [LAP-] V.1-5.
[Ref: 27828]   £500.00  
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