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The Achievement of our Soveraigne King James as he nowe beareth With the Armes of the Severall kings that have aunciently raigned within his nowe Dominions
Jodocus Hondius Flander coelavit Anno Domini 1611.
Engraving, sheet 375 x 235mm (14¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at edges.
The Royal Arms at the time of James I, with border comprising the arms of the different kingdoms he reigned over. It was engraved by Jodocus Hondius as a frontispiece for John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', his county atlas, first published 1611-12.
[Ref: 42622] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jodocus Hondius Flander coelavit Anno Domini 1611.
Engraving, sheet 375 x 235mm (14¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at edges.
The Royal Arms at the time of James I, with border comprising the arms of the different kingdoms he reigned over. It was engraved by Jodocus Hondius as a frontispiece for John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', his county atlas, first published 1611-12.
[Ref: 42622] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' by John Aikin]](jpegs/40847.jpg)
[Frontispiece to 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' by John Aikin]
Stothard delt Grignion sculpt
Publish'd June 4 1795 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly
Engraving, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Allegory with six female figures sitting in a ring, one holding a cornucopia, another a sickle, another the wand of Aesclepius. Putti overhead, ship in background. Frontispiece to John Aikin's 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' (1795). Aikin (1747-1822) was a physician and writer, who practiced medicine until a stroke ended his medical career in 1796. It was during his spare time while working as a doctor that he produced many of the works for which he is best known, including the 'Description', a valuable account of the Manchester area at a time of rapid industrialization.
[Ref: 40847] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Stothard delt Grignion sculpt
Publish'd June 4 1795 by J. Stockdale Piccadilly
Engraving, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed to plate.
Allegory with six female figures sitting in a ring, one holding a cornucopia, another a sickle, another the wand of Aesclepius. Putti overhead, ship in background. Frontispiece to John Aikin's 'A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty Miles round Manchester' (1795). Aikin (1747-1822) was a physician and writer, who practiced medicine until a stroke ended his medical career in 1796. It was during his spare time while working as a doctor that he produced many of the works for which he is best known, including the 'Description', a valuable account of the Manchester area at a time of rapid industrialization.
[Ref: 40847] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Apollo Introducing the Editor to the Prince of Wales, who is receiving the First Volume of the Carlton House Magazine. Frontispiece.
Grainger del. et sculp.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No.112 Holborn Hill, Feb. 1 1793.
Engraving, platemark 175 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼").
Mock-heroic frontispiece to the satirical 'Carlton House Magazine', with its editor being introduced to the prince of Wales (the future George IV) by the god Apollo.
[Ref: 45725] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Grainger del. et sculp.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No.112 Holborn Hill, Feb. 1 1793.
Engraving, platemark 175 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼").
Mock-heroic frontispiece to the satirical 'Carlton House Magazine', with its editor being introduced to the prince of Wales (the future George IV) by the god Apollo.
[Ref: 45725] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Livre Nouveau ou Regles des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture, Par Jacques Barozzio de Vignole. Nouvellement revu, corrigé et augmenté par Monsieur B.*** Architecte du Roy [...]
Cochin inv. Vasseur Sculp
A Paris chez Mondhare et Jean, rue St. Jean de Beauvais. No 4 [c.1757]
Engraving, platemark 360 x 220mm (14¼ x 8½").
Frontispiece to a posthumous edition of Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola's work 'Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura' (1562), a concise Renaissance tract on the five orders of architecture, which (with various additions and amendments by later editors) enjoyed enormous success and remained the most influential book on classical architecture until the advent of Modernism.
For another plate from the volume see ref. 27318.
[Ref: 40095] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Cochin inv. Vasseur Sculp
A Paris chez Mondhare et Jean, rue St. Jean de Beauvais. No 4 [c.1757]
Engraving, platemark 360 x 220mm (14¼ x 8½").
Frontispiece to a posthumous edition of Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola's work 'Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura' (1562), a concise Renaissance tract on the five orders of architecture, which (with various additions and amendments by later editors) enjoyed enormous success and remained the most influential book on classical architecture until the advent of Modernism.
For another plate from the volume see ref. 27318.
[Ref: 40095] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to Part VII of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica]](jpegs/46378.jpg)
[Frontispiece to Part VII of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica] VII Pars Bibliohecae Chalcographicae Id Est / Continuatio Secunda Iconum Virorum Illustrium
Impensis Clementis Amony, Bibliopolae et Chalcographi
Francfordy ad Moenum Anno MDCLXIX
Engraving, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to image. Small loss top right.
Frontispiece to one of the final parts of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica, a series of portrait prints published in nine parts between 1597 and 1664, initially with text by Jean-Jacques Boissard and engravings by Theodor de Bry but with other writers and engravers becoming involved in the later parts.
[Ref: 46378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Impensis Clementis Amony, Bibliopolae et Chalcographi
Francfordy ad Moenum Anno MDCLXIX
Engraving, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to image. Small loss top right.
Frontispiece to one of the final parts of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica, a series of portrait prints published in nine parts between 1597 and 1664, initially with text by Jean-Jacques Boissard and engravings by Theodor de Bry but with other writers and engravers becoming involved in the later parts.
[Ref: 46378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to John Anstis, 'The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, From its Cover in Black Velvet, Usually Called the Black Book']](jpegs/39204.jpg)
[Frontispiece to John Anstis, 'The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, From its Cover in Black Velvet, Usually Called the Black Book'] Registrum, quod a Tegumento Nigro vocatur Liber Niger [...]
J. Sympson sculp [1724]
Very fine engraving, platemark 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Very large margins.
Decorative frontispiece to 'Register of the Order of the Garter', which the herald and antiquary John Anstis (1669-1744) had published at his own expense in 1724. This was a transcript of the Latin 'Black Book of the Garter' from circa 1535, in Windsor Castle.
[Ref: 39204] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Sympson sculp [1724]
Very fine engraving, platemark 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Very large margins.
Decorative frontispiece to 'Register of the Order of the Garter', which the herald and antiquary John Anstis (1669-1744) had published at his own expense in 1724. This was a transcript of the Latin 'Black Book of the Garter' from circa 1535, in Windsor Castle.
[Ref: 39204] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Book of Beasts Drawn from Nature, by M. Oudri, & Grav'd by P.Garon .
Printed & Publish'd Aug.t 1750, by J. Rocque Land Surveyer, Charing Cross.
Etching. Sheet: 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼").
The frontispiece to a drawing book of animals showing the rear of a horse, demonstrating the technique of foreshortening.
[Ref: 45929] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Printed & Publish'd Aug.t 1750, by J. Rocque Land Surveyer, Charing Cross.
Etching. Sheet: 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10¼").
The frontispiece to a drawing book of animals showing the rear of a horse, demonstrating the technique of foreshortening.
[Ref: 45929] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Title etched in French:]... en dis pas davantage ...](jpegs/52430.jpg)
[Title etched in French:]... en dis pas davantage ...
Q. de Boret [etched signature.]
Etching; paper watermarked. 214 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾").
A military scene at the top of the image; soldiers on horseback to the left; cupids down the bottom right corner; a large figure in the centre of the image carrying an easel and very large pen. Amédée de Boret (1837-1916), French painter and etcher; from 1860 he exhibited his work at the Paris Salon. He specialised in fantastic and macabre work, as a result much of his work was labelled abnormal.
[Ref: 52430] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Q. de Boret [etched signature.]
Etching; paper watermarked. 214 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾").
A military scene at the top of the image; soldiers on horseback to the left; cupids down the bottom right corner; a large figure in the centre of the image carrying an easel and very large pen. Amédée de Boret (1837-1916), French painter and etcher; from 1860 he exhibited his work at the Paris Salon. He specialised in fantastic and macabre work, as a result much of his work was labelled abnormal.
[Ref: 52430] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece before title added]](jpegs/39409.jpg)
[Frontispiece before title added]
Printed for Jn Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill Publish'd according to Act of Parliam/t 4 Oct 1756
Rare engraving, platemark 330 x 215mm (13 x 8½").
Frontispiece with rococo frame adorned by putti (top) and landscape scene with labourers below. Wine making interest.
[Ref: 39409] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Printed for Jn Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill Publish'd according to Act of Parliam/t 4 Oct 1756
Rare engraving, platemark 330 x 215mm (13 x 8½").
Frontispiece with rococo frame adorned by putti (top) and landscape scene with labourers below. Wine making interest.
[Ref: 39409] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
An Exact List of the Votes of the Freeholders and Freemen, of the City and County of Bristol, Taken at the Election of Members of Parliament before John Rich Esq; and Noblet Ruddock, Esq: Sheriffs [...]
Bristol: Printed by and for Joseph Penn, Bookseller, in Wine Street, 1722. Bit later?
Letterpress, 2pp, 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5").
Frontispiece to a volume publishing the votes of freeholders and freemen of Bristol in 1722. The candidates were the merchant Joseph Earle (c.1658-1730), Sir Abraham Elton, and William Hart. Earle was elected with 2141 votes. Elton received 1869 and Hart 1743. Elton was successful in two later elections (1734 and 1741).
[Ref: 41086] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Bristol: Printed by and for Joseph Penn, Bookseller, in Wine Street, 1722. Bit later?
Letterpress, 2pp, 220 x 130mm (8½ x 5").
Frontispiece to a volume publishing the votes of freeholders and freemen of Bristol in 1722. The candidates were the merchant Joseph Earle (c.1658-1730), Sir Abraham Elton, and William Hart. Earle was elected with 2141 votes. Elton received 1869 and Hart 1743. Elton was successful in two later elections (1734 and 1741).
[Ref: 41086] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Britannia instructing Asia, Africa, Europe and America in the Science of Geography.
Stothard del Heath sculp
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co March 1784
Engraving, platmark 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate on left, with slight creasing.
Frontispiece with Britannia sat by a celestial globe and emblematic figures of the continents in attendance. After Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator who in addition to having a high reputation amongst his contemporaries (Turner likened him to Giotto), was a prolific designer, as here, of book illustrations on British historial themes.
[Ref: 40844] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Stothard del Heath sculp
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co March 1784
Engraving, platmark 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"). Trimmed to plate on left, with slight creasing.
Frontispiece with Britannia sat by a celestial globe and emblematic figures of the continents in attendance. After Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), painter and book illustrator who in addition to having a high reputation amongst his contemporaries (Turner likened him to Giotto), was a prolific designer, as here, of book illustrations on British historial themes.
[Ref: 40844] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dedication page]](jpegs/40093.jpg)
[Dedication page]
M. Carloni fecit [c.1780]
Fine etching, platemark 390 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"). Small margins.
Dedication page to unidentified volume, etched by Marco Carloni (1742-96), Rome-based printmaker.
[Ref: 40093] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
M. Carloni fecit [c.1780]
Fine etching, platemark 390 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"). Small margins.
Dedication page to unidentified volume, etched by Marco Carloni (1742-96), Rome-based printmaker.
[Ref: 40093] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to Jean Commire, 'Carminum']](jpegs/41987.jpg)
[Frontispiece to Jean Commire, 'Carminum']
H. Watelé delin. G. Edelinck sculp. cum privilegio Regis
[First published by Simon Bernard, 1678, but a later impression.]
Engraving, sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmmed to platemark on two sides.
Female figure holding lyre and trumpet surrounded by putti representing the arts. One sculpts a bust of Jean Commire (1625-1702), the French Jesuit theologian and writer to whose 'Carminum', book three (1678) this is the frontispiece. It was engraved after a design by painter Henri Watelé (1640-77) by Gérard Edelinck (bap.1640-1707), French engraver of Flemish origin who is considered one of the greatest 17th century engravers and reproduced the work of important portraitists of the day such as Rigaud and Largilliere.
[Ref: 41987] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
H. Watelé delin. G. Edelinck sculp. cum privilegio Regis
[First published by Simon Bernard, 1678, but a later impression.]
Engraving, sheet 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"). Trimmmed to platemark on two sides.
Female figure holding lyre and trumpet surrounded by putti representing the arts. One sculpts a bust of Jean Commire (1625-1702), the French Jesuit theologian and writer to whose 'Carminum', book three (1678) this is the frontispiece. It was engraved after a design by painter Henri Watelé (1640-77) by Gérard Edelinck (bap.1640-1707), French engraver of Flemish origin who is considered one of the greatest 17th century engravers and reproduced the work of important portraitists of the day such as Rigaud and Largilliere.
[Ref: 41987] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Allerdurchleuchtigs grossmächtigst und Unüberwündtlichister Römischer kayßer, Auch zu Hispanien, Hungarn und Böhaim könig, erz herzog zu Österreich, etc. Allergnädigster kayßer König und herr, herr.
[German publication; c.1700.]
Engraved letterpress, very decorative frontispiece, extremely fine. Plate 496 x 577mm. 19½ x 22¾". Damage to margins.
Charles II of Spain.
[Ref: 26197] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[German publication; c.1700.]
Engraved letterpress, very decorative frontispiece, extremely fine. Plate 496 x 577mm. 19½ x 22¾". Damage to margins.
Charles II of Spain.
[Ref: 26197] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drie-Jarige Reize naar China; te Lande gedaan, door den Moskovischen Afgezant E. Ysbrants Ides. Nevens eene nieuwe Beschryvinge van dat magtig keizerryk.
T. Amsterdam gedrukt by François Halma, boekverkoper 1704.
Engraving. 215 x 162mm (8½ x 6½"). Cut.
Title-page with title written on a platform at centre, the platform occupied by Russian people and animals at left, and by Chinese people and animals at right, a medallion with Neptune in lower centre, flanked by indigenous people and animals; title to Evert Ysbrant Ides' "Drie-Jarige Reize naar China" (Amsterdam: 1704).
[Ref: 52447] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
T. Amsterdam gedrukt by François Halma, boekverkoper 1704.
Engraving. 215 x 162mm (8½ x 6½"). Cut.
Title-page with title written on a platform at centre, the platform occupied by Russian people and animals at left, and by Chinese people and animals at right, a medallion with Neptune in lower centre, flanked by indigenous people and animals; title to Evert Ysbrant Ides' "Drie-Jarige Reize naar China" (Amsterdam: 1704).
[Ref: 52447] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Proof frontispiece from John Bell's 'The poets of Great Britain, complete from Chaucer to Churchill]](jpegs/43130.jpg)
[Proof frontispiece from John Bell's 'The poets of Great Britain, complete from Chaucer to Churchill] [Churchill vol. 1 / Let one poor sprig of Bay around my head / Bloom... Candidate line 145]
[Cipriani del. Bartolozzi sculp.t]
[Printed for John Bell ... London Jul. 19th 1779]
Etching and engraving printed in sepia, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet; glue stains at corners. Fine proof impression before all letters.
Proof impression of one of twenty-one frontispieces that Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) made for John Bell's 'The Poets of Great Britain', which he published from 1777-82. Bell's edition consisted of 109 volumes in a relatively cheap yet well-produced pocket format, and was a great success. This print, in its later lettered state, was the frontispiece to the first of Bell's edition of poems by Charles Churchill (1732-64). It included a line from his poem 'The Candidate', an attack on John Montagu, earl of Sandwich (1718-92) and his candidature for the high stewardship of Cambridge University. Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was a Florentine engraver who in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. Fine impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 1651 i/ii; for a portrait of Churchill see ref. 27339.
[Ref: 43130] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Cipriani del. Bartolozzi sculp.t]
[Printed for John Bell ... London Jul. 19th 1779]
Etching and engraving printed in sepia, platemark 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheet; glue stains at corners. Fine proof impression before all letters.
Proof impression of one of twenty-one frontispieces that Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) made for John Bell's 'The Poets of Great Britain', which he published from 1777-82. Bell's edition consisted of 109 volumes in a relatively cheap yet well-produced pocket format, and was a great success. This print, in its later lettered state, was the frontispiece to the first of Bell's edition of poems by Charles Churchill (1732-64). It included a line from his poem 'The Candidate', an attack on John Montagu, earl of Sandwich (1718-92) and his candidature for the high stewardship of Cambridge University. Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was a Florentine engraver who in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. In 1801 Bartolozzi was invited to Lisbon to reform the royal printing press, and he spent his final years in Portugal. Fine impression from the collection of Dr. Augusto Calabi of Milan, art historian who co-authored (with A.B. de Vesme) the authoritative catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's work.
Calabi & de Vesme 1651 i/ii; for a portrait of Churchill see ref. 27339.
[Ref: 43130] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece to 'Introduction to Universal Geography' by Philip Cluver]](jpegs/47782.jpg)
[Frontispiece to 'Introduction to Universal Geography' by Philip Cluver] Philippi Cluverii Introductionis in Universam Geographiam cum notis J. Bunonis Hekelii [...]
Veduntur Amsteldami Apud Joannem Wolters. Ao 1697
Engraving, sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at corners
Portrait of the geographer and historian Philip Cluver (1580-1623) surrounded by allegorical figures and scientific instruments. Frontspiece to a 1697 edition of Cluver's 'Introduction to Universal Geography', first published in 1624, a foundational text for the study of modern geography. He is remembered by collectors and historians of cartography for his edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia', and for miniature atlases that were reprinted throughout the seventeenth century. Cluver was also a prolific writer on mathematical and theological subjects.
For a portrait of Cluver see ref.29733.
[Ref: 47782] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Veduntur Amsteldami Apud Joannem Wolters. Ao 1697
Engraving, sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at corners
Portrait of the geographer and historian Philip Cluver (1580-1623) surrounded by allegorical figures and scientific instruments. Frontspiece to a 1697 edition of Cluver's 'Introduction to Universal Geography', first published in 1624, a foundational text for the study of modern geography. He is remembered by collectors and historians of cartography for his edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia', and for miniature atlases that were reprinted throughout the seventeenth century. Cluver was also a prolific writer on mathematical and theological subjects.
For a portrait of Cluver see ref.29733.
[Ref: 47782] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Life, Death and Burial of Cock Robin. Dulce est desipere in loco.
Fer.d Bawer delt. M.no Bovi Sculp. [c.1810]
Very rare engraving, sheet 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
"Who Killed Cock Robin" is an English nursery rhyme, which is often used as a murder of archetype in world culture. The earliest record is in 'Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book' published c. 1744. Here it is accompanied by images of the animals from each stanza.
[Ref: 38330] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Fer.d Bawer delt. M.no Bovi Sculp. [c.1810]
Very rare engraving, sheet 410 x 290mm (16 x 11½"). Trimmed inside platemark.
"Who Killed Cock Robin" is an English nursery rhyme, which is often used as a murder of archetype in world culture. The earliest record is in 'Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book' published c. 1744. Here it is accompanied by images of the animals from each stanza.
[Ref: 38330] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Collegium Academie Naturea Curiosirum
[n.d. c.1652.]
Engraving. 205 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed. Damaged.
Frontispiece to 'Collegium Academie Naturea Curiosirum'. This refers to the Leopoldina, the national academy of Germany. In 1670 the society began to publish the 'Ephemeriden Medico-Physicarum Germanicarum', the world's first medical and scientific journal.
[Ref: 29638] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1652.]
Engraving. 205 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed. Damaged.
Frontispiece to 'Collegium Academie Naturea Curiosirum'. This refers to the Leopoldina, the national academy of Germany. In 1670 the society began to publish the 'Ephemeriden Medico-Physicarum Germanicarum', the world's first medical and scientific journal.
[Ref: 29638] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![Habitus Variarum orbis gentium.[showing the continents]](jpegs/13167.jpg)
Habitus Variarum orbis gentium.[showing the continents]
[Malines, Caspar Rutz, 1581.]
Engraving with original hand colour, representing the continents of America Asia Europe and Africa. 230 x 320mm, 9 x 12½". Two areas of loss just affecting printed area.
Titlepage to an early book of 70 world costume plates, 'Habitus Variarum orbis gentium' ('Costume of the Various Peoples of the World'), usually found uncoloured.
[Ref: 13167] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Malines, Caspar Rutz, 1581.]
Engraving with original hand colour, representing the continents of America Asia Europe and Africa. 230 x 320mm, 9 x 12½". Two areas of loss just affecting printed area.
Titlepage to an early book of 70 world costume plates, 'Habitus Variarum orbis gentium' ('Costume of the Various Peoples of the World'), usually found uncoloured.
[Ref: 13167] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts.] Cyclopaedia [to scroll cartouche within image.]](jpegs/15140.jpg)
[L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts.] Cyclopaedia [to scroll cartouche within image.]
J. Sturt sculp.
[n.d., c.1710.]
Engraving, frontispiece/illustration to an encyclopaedia?, 340 x 385mm. 13½ x 15¼". Folding creases.
Figures engaged busily in feats of human endeavour, emblematic of science, art, painting, anatomy, medicine, music, geometry, history, figure sculpture, architecture. An English copy in reverse by engraver John Sturt (1658 - 1730) of a 1698 etching by Sébastien Le Clerc amalgamating the manifold activities of two separate Paris institutions: the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture, and the Académie des Sciences. Le Clerc incorporated architectural elements of both into his composition.
Wellcome Library: 21492i.
[Ref: 15140] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Sturt sculp.
[n.d., c.1710.]
Engraving, frontispiece/illustration to an encyclopaedia?, 340 x 385mm. 13½ x 15¼". Folding creases.
Figures engaged busily in feats of human endeavour, emblematic of science, art, painting, anatomy, medicine, music, geometry, history, figure sculpture, architecture. An English copy in reverse by engraver John Sturt (1658 - 1730) of a 1698 etching by Sébastien Le Clerc amalgamating the manifold activities of two separate Paris institutions: the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture, and the Académie des Sciences. Le Clerc incorporated architectural elements of both into his composition.
Wellcome Library: 21492i.
[Ref: 15140] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dalton's New England Traveller. Frontispiece. This Beautiful Print emblematically alludes to that highly pleasing Variety of Subjects which will be Presented by the New English Traveller to the Public at Large.
Ryley Delin Scott sculp
Publish'd by Alex.r Hogg Nov.r 22 1794
Engraving, sheet 365 x 230mm (14¼ x 9"). Repaired hole bottom centre in border. Borders tatty.
Frontispiece with imaginary landscape combining classical statuary, agriculture, modern engineering and coaching to demonstrate the range of topics to be included in a topographical periodical, includes view of Colebrook Dale Iron Bridge. 'Dalton' has been claimed as a pseudonym for the publisher Alexander Hogg.
[Ref: 40083] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ryley Delin Scott sculp
Publish'd by Alex.r Hogg Nov.r 22 1794
Engraving, sheet 365 x 230mm (14¼ x 9"). Repaired hole bottom centre in border. Borders tatty.
Frontispiece with imaginary landscape combining classical statuary, agriculture, modern engineering and coaching to demonstrate the range of topics to be included in a topographical periodical, includes view of Colebrook Dale Iron Bridge. 'Dalton' has been claimed as a pseudonym for the publisher Alexander Hogg.
[Ref: 40083] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
This Work Is Dedicated To Davies Giddy, Esquire, Member of Parliament for Bodmin; Descendant And Coheir of Katherine Brydges, Lady Sands, In Testimony of Respect, Alliance, and Friendship, By S.E.B. [Samuel Egerton Brydges.]
Lee Priory. [Lee Priory Press, n.d., c.1820.]
Woodcut dedication page on thin laid paper, armorial vignettes, sheet 260 x 185mm. 10¼ x 7¼". Horizontal centrefold. Waterstain to left edge.
Dedication to Davies Gilbert (formerly Giddy) (1767 - 1839), president of the Royal Society. From a book by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762 - 1837), editor of early English literature and genealogist. It is one of his titles published by Lee Priory Press, a private printing press at Ickham, near Canterbury, Kent.
[Ref: 13146] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Lee Priory. [Lee Priory Press, n.d., c.1820.]
Woodcut dedication page on thin laid paper, armorial vignettes, sheet 260 x 185mm. 10¼ x 7¼". Horizontal centrefold. Waterstain to left edge.
Dedication to Davies Gilbert (formerly Giddy) (1767 - 1839), president of the Royal Society. From a book by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762 - 1837), editor of early English literature and genealogist. It is one of his titles published by Lee Priory Press, a private printing press at Ickham, near Canterbury, Kent.
[Ref: 13146] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dedicatto all illmo. Sigre. padrone Colmo. Nelthorpe
per il Servitore Di. V.S. illma. Dela Cour according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Etched dedication page to a book of ornament prints, 235 x 120mm. 9¼ x 4¾". One small hole to image. Margins chipped at lower left and right corners.
An armed putto on top of the lettered pedestal in a landscape; an obelisk/monument to left and classical statue to right behind, buildings in far distance. By William Delacour (fl.1740 - 1767), portrait, decorative and scene painter; presumably French origins; d. Edinburgh 1767. He is first documented as a scene painter for London theatres.
[Ref: 12151] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
per il Servitore Di. V.S. illma. Dela Cour according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Etched dedication page to a book of ornament prints, 235 x 120mm. 9¼ x 4¾". One small hole to image. Margins chipped at lower left and right corners.
An armed putto on top of the lettered pedestal in a landscape; an obelisk/monument to left and classical statue to right behind, buildings in far distance. By William Delacour (fl.1740 - 1767), portrait, decorative and scene painter; presumably French origins; d. Edinburgh 1767. He is first documented as a scene painter for London theatres.
[Ref: 12151] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Inscribed by Permission to John Earl of Sandwich, &c. Who, with a condescension unparallel'd hath not only patronised the Author but to improve, & correct this Edition, hath procured from every part of the Kingdom, the most authentic Materials.
Ja.s Miller Del.t. Rob.t Hancoc[k].
[n.d., c.1799.]
Engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed within plate, with some loss of inscription.
An allegorical dedication page, with the dedication on the base of pillar with the arms of the Earl of Sandwich on a shield.
[Ref: 38848] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Miller Del.t. Rob.t Hancoc[k].
[n.d., c.1799.]
Engraving. Sheet 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed within plate, with some loss of inscription.
An allegorical dedication page, with the dedication on the base of pillar with the arms of the Earl of Sandwich on a shield.
[Ref: 38848] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![['Ectypa' of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel]](jpegs/62274.jpg)
['Ectypa' of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel] Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo, Jonæ Witsenio Icto, civium Amstelædamensium Patri Consuliq. Vigilantissimo...
Inventor Cornelius Ploos van Amstel. D. 1 Febr. 1765.
Etching, printed in brown, with beige plate-tone; touched with white paint. Sheet 245 x 230mm (9½ x 9"), with Ploos van Amstel's coat of arms printed on the verso as proof of authenticity. Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
A crayon-manner etching of a monument, the frontispiece to a series of forty-six facsimiles off drawings of Dutch and Flemish artists, published 1765-87.
[Ref: 62274] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Inventor Cornelius Ploos van Amstel. D. 1 Febr. 1765.
Etching, printed in brown, with beige plate-tone; touched with white paint. Sheet 245 x 230mm (9½ x 9"), with Ploos van Amstel's coat of arms printed on the verso as proof of authenticity. Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
A crayon-manner etching of a monument, the frontispiece to a series of forty-six facsimiles off drawings of Dutch and Flemish artists, published 1765-87.
[Ref: 62274] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Description du Manège Moderne. Dans sa Perfection. Expliqué par des Leçons necessaires, et representé par des Fifures exactes [...]
B. Picart inventit [1727]
Engraving, platemark 225 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") very large margins. Few wormholes. Time stained.
Frontispiece to Baron d'Eisenberg's horseriding manual, 'Description du Manège Moderne' (1727), featuring various pieces of equipment used in horseriding (stirrups, saddle, bridle etc).
[Ref: 40089] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart inventit [1727]
Engraving, platemark 225 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") very large margins. Few wormholes. Time stained.
Frontispiece to Baron d'Eisenberg's horseriding manual, 'Description du Manège Moderne' (1727), featuring various pieces of equipment used in horseriding (stirrups, saddle, bridle etc).
[Ref: 40089] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Description du Manège Moderne. Dans sa Perfection. Expliqué par des Leçons necessaires, et representé par des Fifures exactes [...]
B. Picart inventit [1727]
Engraving with hand-colouring and ms, platemark 225 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") very large margins.
Frontispiece to Baron d'Eisenberg's horseriding manual, 'Description du Manège Moderne' (1727), featuring various pieces of equipment used in horseriding (stirrups, saddle, bridle etc).
[Ref: 40090] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
B. Picart inventit [1727]
Engraving with hand-colouring and ms, platemark 225 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") very large margins.
Frontispiece to Baron d'Eisenberg's horseriding manual, 'Description du Manège Moderne' (1727), featuring various pieces of equipment used in horseriding (stirrups, saddle, bridle etc).
[Ref: 40090] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Elements of Drawing the Human Figure. Designed by C.M. Metz. Engraved by C. Knight.
Designed by C.M. Metz. Etch'd by C. Knight.
London Published Oct.r 6 1803 by John P. Thompson, G.t. Newport Street.
Stipple and etching, ink collector's mark Madam Anderson Weston verso; Sheet 320 x 435mm (12½ x 17"). Trimmed within plate, some surface soiling.
An illustrated titlepage, with a classical theme.
Lugt page 10 no. 65.
[Ref: 58248] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Designed by C.M. Metz. Etch'd by C. Knight.
London Published Oct.r 6 1803 by John P. Thompson, G.t. Newport Street.
Stipple and etching, ink collector's mark Madam Anderson Weston verso; Sheet 320 x 435mm (12½ x 17"). Trimmed within plate, some surface soiling.
An illustrated titlepage, with a classical theme.
Lugt page 10 no. 65.
[Ref: 58248] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The English Atlas. Volume II. Tome I. Anno 1681.
[Oxford, Moses Pitt, 1681.]
Engraving. 410 x 270mm, 16 x 10½". Trimmed close to plate.
One of the titlepages to the first English attempt at a 'Grand Atlas', a multi-volume atlas in the style of the Dutch cartographers. Moses Pitt began his plan to create the atlas in 1670, producing the first volume a decade later. He had to rely on existing Dutch maps rather than producing his own, negotiating use of the plates of Johannes Jansson to be published with English text. This volume contained maps of Germany, so this titlepage shows the Holy Roman Emperor (left) and his seven Electors. The double-headed eagle and arms at the top are overseen by the eye of the trinity. Originally intended to be a 12-volume set, arguments among the partners meant the project ground to a halt after four. In 1686 Pitt Atlas was arrested for debt and confined to the Fleet Prison and nothing is known of him after 1691.
[Ref: 13168] £380.00
[Oxford, Moses Pitt, 1681.]
Engraving. 410 x 270mm, 16 x 10½". Trimmed close to plate.
One of the titlepages to the first English attempt at a 'Grand Atlas', a multi-volume atlas in the style of the Dutch cartographers. Moses Pitt began his plan to create the atlas in 1670, producing the first volume a decade later. He had to rely on existing Dutch maps rather than producing his own, negotiating use of the plates of Johannes Jansson to be published with English text. This volume contained maps of Germany, so this titlepage shows the Holy Roman Emperor (left) and his seven Electors. The double-headed eagle and arms at the top are overseen by the eye of the trinity. Originally intended to be a 12-volume set, arguments among the partners meant the project ground to a halt after four. In 1686 Pitt Atlas was arrested for debt and confined to the Fleet Prison and nothing is known of him after 1691.
[Ref: 13168] £380.00
Design for a National Institution, Appropriated to the Fine Arts, the Sciences, and Literature of the Kingdom. To the Right Rev.d John Fisher, D.D Lord Bishop of Salisbury, As Chaplain to the Royal Academy and an admirer of the Fine Arts, this Plate is respectfully inscribed by John Britton.
Design'd by Joseph Gandy Esq. Architect & A.R.A - the Busts and Figures Drawn by T. Baxter - Engraved by John Le Keux.
London, Published Feb 1. 1812 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor High Holborn J. Britton, Tavistock Place & W. Bond, Newman St.
Engraving, 19th century watermark, 420 x 320mm (16½ x 12½"), with very large margins. Creased on left.
A view of a neo-classical building from a shadowy colonnade with sculptures in niches against the wall and a pillar in the centre surmounted by a bust of Joshua Reynolds, with others including Flaxman and Inigo Jones; the acropolis in the background above. Frontispiece to 'The Fine Arts of the English School' (ed. John Britton, London 1812).
[Ref: 60613] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Design'd by Joseph Gandy Esq. Architect & A.R.A - the Busts and Figures Drawn by T. Baxter - Engraved by John Le Keux.
London, Published Feb 1. 1812 by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, J. Taylor High Holborn J. Britton, Tavistock Place & W. Bond, Newman St.
Engraving, 19th century watermark, 420 x 320mm (16½ x 12½"), with very large margins. Creased on left.
A view of a neo-classical building from a shadowy colonnade with sculptures in niches against the wall and a pillar in the centre surmounted by a bust of Joshua Reynolds, with others including Flaxman and Inigo Jones; the acropolis in the background above. Frontispiece to 'The Fine Arts of the English School' (ed. John Britton, London 1812).
[Ref: 60613] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Bible, Crown and Constitution No.32 Cornhill. Where Foreign Orders are executed and Book Societies supplied on liberal Terms.
S Rawle del. fct.
Frontispiece to the European Magazine, Vol. 69. [London, 1816.]
Etching, frontispiece to the European Magazine. Sheet 210 x 110mm, 8¼ x 4¼". Trimmed.
View of the front of the European Magazine's office on Cornhill in the City of London. 'Asperne' in large lettering over ground floor bookshop window, to left a lane leading through to 'Cowper's Court'; two figures standing at entrance to lane include a dark-skinned gentleman in oriental dress. Bookseller and publisher James Asperne (1757 - 1820) was proprietor of the European Magazine after succeeding John Sewell in 1803.
[Ref: 19072] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
S Rawle del. fct.
Frontispiece to the European Magazine, Vol. 69. [London, 1816.]
Etching, frontispiece to the European Magazine. Sheet 210 x 110mm, 8¼ x 4¼". Trimmed.
View of the front of the European Magazine's office on Cornhill in the City of London. 'Asperne' in large lettering over ground floor bookshop window, to left a lane leading through to 'Cowper's Court'; two figures standing at entrance to lane include a dark-skinned gentleman in oriental dress. Bookseller and publisher James Asperne (1757 - 1820) was proprietor of the European Magazine after succeeding John Sewell in 1803.
[Ref: 19072] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frontispiece] Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della Città di Firenze.](jpegs/60929.jpg)
[Frontispiece] Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della Città di Firenze.
Giuseppi Magni del. Jon. Gottofred Seuter Sculps. Aug. Vind.
Appresso Giuseppe Bouchard libraio Francese in Firenze 1754.
Etching with engraving. 475 x 675mm (18¾ x 26½"), large margins. Small tear at bottom taped.
The titleplate to Zocchi's 24 views of Florence, with a dedication to Empress Maria Theresa, first published 1744. The design, featuring the Olympian Gods on the left and women bringing offerings to three crowned figures on the right, is adapted from a fresco by Giovanni da San Giovanni on the outside wall of a house opposite the Porta Romana.
[Ref: 60929] £360.00
Giuseppi Magni del. Jon. Gottofred Seuter Sculps. Aug. Vind.
Appresso Giuseppe Bouchard libraio Francese in Firenze 1754.
Etching with engraving. 475 x 675mm (18¾ x 26½"), large margins. Small tear at bottom taped.
The titleplate to Zocchi's 24 views of Florence, with a dedication to Empress Maria Theresa, first published 1744. The design, featuring the Olympian Gods on the left and women bringing offerings to three crowned figures on the right, is adapted from a fresco by Giovanni da San Giovanni on the outside wall of a house opposite the Porta Romana.
[Ref: 60929] £360.00
Introduction ala Fortification Dediée A Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne Par N. De Fer, Beaulieu, &c. Tome Premier
A Paris Chez N. de Fer
Etching, platemark 205 x 230mm (8 x 9"). Creased.
Frontispiece to the first volume of Nicolas de Fer's 'Introduction à la Fortification' (first published in 1693, but this from a later edition after the text changed), with military and naval battles above and below the text. De Fer (1646-1720) was renowned for his town plans and military maps.
[Ref: 40091] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris Chez N. de Fer
Etching, platemark 205 x 230mm (8 x 9"). Creased.
Frontispiece to the first volume of Nicolas de Fer's 'Introduction à la Fortification' (first published in 1693, but this from a later edition after the text changed), with military and naval battles above and below the text. De Fer (1646-1720) was renowned for his town plans and military maps.
[Ref: 40091] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Proeve van Dicht=oeffening.
Fr.van Mieris inv. & delin. J. Folkema Sculp.
Te Leyden. By De Janssoons Vander Aa. [n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. 169 x 112mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Frontispiece to "Proeve van Dichtoeffening, bestaende in Herderszangen, Brieven, Klink- en Mengeldichten. Met Printverbeeldingen", a compilation of pastoral poems, letters of famous love couples, including van Snakenburg (1704-1750) the lawyer in Leiden who published poems in 'Hollandsche Spectator'; and Jacob Elias (1698-1750) who also published poems and several theatre plays, mostly comedies.
[Ref: 28623] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Fr.van Mieris inv. & delin. J. Folkema Sculp.
Te Leyden. By De Janssoons Vander Aa. [n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. 169 x 112mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Frontispiece to "Proeve van Dichtoeffening, bestaende in Herderszangen, Brieven, Klink- en Mengeldichten. Met Printverbeeldingen", a compilation of pastoral poems, letters of famous love couples, including van Snakenburg (1704-1750) the lawyer in Leiden who published poems in 'Hollandsche Spectator'; and Jacob Elias (1698-1750) who also published poems and several theatre plays, mostly comedies.
[Ref: 28623] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![Fontispiece. - [A Collection of Prints Engraved after The Most Capital Paintings in England. Published by John Boydell. Volume the First, containing Fifty Prints with a London. Orinted for the Editor, MDCCLXIX.]](jpegs/14584.jpg)
Fontispiece. - [A Collection of Prints Engraved after The Most Capital Paintings in England. Published by John Boydell. Volume the First, containing Fifty Prints with a London. Orinted for the Editor, MDCCLXIX.]
J. Gwin Invt. Delt. Isaac Taylor Scupt.
London, Boydell Execudit. Proof impression without letterpress.
A very fine engraving. Indian proof with uncut large margins. 330 x 235mm, 13 x 9¼inches.
George the Third being crowned by Apollo while Putti show the King the engravings.
[Ref: 14584] £320.00
J. Gwin Invt. Delt. Isaac Taylor Scupt.
London, Boydell Execudit. Proof impression without letterpress.
A very fine engraving. Indian proof with uncut large margins. 330 x 235mm, 13 x 9¼inches.
George the Third being crowned by Apollo while Putti show the King the engravings.
[Ref: 14584] £320.00
![[An allegorical frontispiece.]](jpegs/44252.jpg)
[An allegorical frontispiece.]
[French, n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Small tear in top margin.
"The Arts" frontispiece to one of Cornelis de Bruijn's books.
[Ref: 44252] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[French, n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Small tear in top margin.
"The Arts" frontispiece to one of Cornelis de Bruijn's books.
[Ref: 44252] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Frontispiece.
Gravelot del. - A. Walker sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Etching and engraving. 177 x 114mm (7 x 4½").
A poet standing on the left receives a lyre from Apollo and Diana; a chariot above; copy of frontispiece to Somerville's 'The Chace' (London: 1735.).
[Ref: 26524] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Gravelot del. - A. Walker sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Etching and engraving. 177 x 114mm (7 x 4½").
A poet standing on the left receives a lyre from Apollo and Diana; a chariot above; copy of frontispiece to Somerville's 'The Chace' (London: 1735.).
[Ref: 26524] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispice
[n.d., c.1860]
Line engraving, 180 x 165mm. 7 x 6½". Trimmed to plate.
French frontispiece with statuary and implements relating to the arts, with background scenery suggesting the river Seine and Louvre, Paris.
[Ref: 15841] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860]
Line engraving, 180 x 165mm. 7 x 6½". Trimmed to plate.
French frontispiece with statuary and implements relating to the arts, with background scenery suggesting the river Seine and Louvre, Paris.
[Ref: 15841] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
L'Histoire, guidée par son Génie, et à l’aide des Monumens Historiques que divers petits Génies arrachent qu Tems qui les devore, rassemble en un Corps les Envénemens les plus remarquables que regardent l’Angleterre La Ville de Londres, Capitale de ce Roiaume, paroit dans l’Enfoncement; et au Haut, la Renommée tient le Portrait du celebre Auteur de cette Histoire.
Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen. [Portrait:] S Thomassin Efigiem delin.
[Histoire d'Angleterre, Rotterdam, 1713.]
Fine copper engraving and etching with large margins; Plate 368 x 228mm (14½ x 9").
Allegorical frontispiece. On the left sit History and a Spirit writing the history of England; in the foreground, winged Spirits are taking books away from Time who is try to devour them. On the right sits London, personified by a crowned Queen Anne leaning on a lion. In the upper part, Fame blowing a trumpet and carrying an oval portrait of Issac de Larrey; in the background, London. Issac de Larrey (1638-1719) was a French historian.
Dimier: 535.
[Ref: 32556] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen. [Portrait:] S Thomassin Efigiem delin.
[Histoire d'Angleterre, Rotterdam, 1713.]
Fine copper engraving and etching with large margins; Plate 368 x 228mm (14½ x 9").
Allegorical frontispiece. On the left sit History and a Spirit writing the history of England; in the foreground, winged Spirits are taking books away from Time who is try to devour them. On the right sits London, personified by a crowned Queen Anne leaning on a lion. In the upper part, Fame blowing a trumpet and carrying an oval portrait of Issac de Larrey; in the background, London. Issac de Larrey (1638-1719) was a French historian.
Dimier: 535.
[Ref: 32556] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece.
Corbould delt. Eng.d by Collyer.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 279 x 208mm. 11 x 8¼". Creasing. Time staining and spotting around the edges.
Adam and even underneath a tree in the Garden of Paradise; animals sit and lie and rest in pairs, nature at harmony.
[Ref: 19356] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould delt. Eng.d by Collyer.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 279 x 208mm. 11 x 8¼". Creasing. Time staining and spotting around the edges.
Adam and even underneath a tree in the Garden of Paradise; animals sit and lie and rest in pairs, nature at harmony.
[Ref: 19356] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
'T Boeren Leven Door Pieter Nolpe in 't Cooper gemaakt. t'Amsteldam by Nicolaus Visscher met Privilegio.
[c.1640]
Rare etching. 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Slight crease.
Frontispiece to a set of etchings of peasants and beggars by Dutch reproductive printmaker Pieter Nolpe (b.1613-4, d.1652-3) after Pieter Quast (b.1605-6, d.1647).
[Ref: 43352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1640]
Rare etching. 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Slight crease.
Frontispiece to a set of etchings of peasants and beggars by Dutch reproductive printmaker Pieter Nolpe (b.1613-4, d.1652-3) after Pieter Quast (b.1605-6, d.1647).
[Ref: 43352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to the Royal Magazine.
O. Neal delin. I. Fougeron Sculp.
[n.d. c.1761.]
Engraving. Plate 184 x 109mm (7¼ x 4¼").
The scene is filled with symbols of the arts and sciences. Counterclockwise from the lower left, these are: barrel and bale for commerce, Euclidean figures and set-squares for geometry, Vauban-style fortress for military sciences, cherubs measuring the globe with a compass for geography, brushes and palette for the fine arts, and mask and sword for drama. Behind the historian, the study of antiquity is indicated by two men reading an inscription on a pyramid near a toppled column. This elaborate allegory illustrates the purpose of the periodical. Mercury, messenger of the gods, informs the historian about world events, here shown by the god interrupting the gentleman writing at his desk to bring to his notice the storm off the coast. The winged goddess Fame waits above, holding her herald's trumpet and scroll of great deeds, ready to spread the news which the writer will record for posterity.
[Ref: 28636] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
O. Neal delin. I. Fougeron Sculp.
[n.d. c.1761.]
Engraving. Plate 184 x 109mm (7¼ x 4¼").
The scene is filled with symbols of the arts and sciences. Counterclockwise from the lower left, these are: barrel and bale for commerce, Euclidean figures and set-squares for geometry, Vauban-style fortress for military sciences, cherubs measuring the globe with a compass for geography, brushes and palette for the fine arts, and mask and sword for drama. Behind the historian, the study of antiquity is indicated by two men reading an inscription on a pyramid near a toppled column. This elaborate allegory illustrates the purpose of the periodical. Mercury, messenger of the gods, informs the historian about world events, here shown by the god interrupting the gentleman writing at his desk to bring to his notice the storm off the coast. The winged goddess Fame waits above, holding her herald's trumpet and scroll of great deeds, ready to spread the news which the writer will record for posterity.
[Ref: 28636] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece. Liberty presenting Britannia with Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights &c...
Dayes delin. Grainger sculp.
[London: W. & J. Stratford, c.1795.]
Engraved frontispiece to 'A New and Complete History of England, from the first settlement of Brutus ... to the year 1793, etc' by Charles Alfred Ashburton. 335 x 215mm, 13¼ x 8½". Tatty extremities; creasing.
An allegory, set into a decorative frame; with Britannia from her throne next to a recumbent lion instructing personifications of various European states in the ways of British liberty and prosperity.
British Library: 000127483.
[Ref: 14869] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dayes delin. Grainger sculp.
[London: W. & J. Stratford, c.1795.]
Engraved frontispiece to 'A New and Complete History of England, from the first settlement of Brutus ... to the year 1793, etc' by Charles Alfred Ashburton. 335 x 215mm, 13¼ x 8½". Tatty extremities; creasing.
An allegory, set into a decorative frame; with Britannia from her throne next to a recumbent lion instructing personifications of various European states in the ways of British liberty and prosperity.
British Library: 000127483.
[Ref: 14869] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece. Genius of the Fairies, Invoking the aid of Imagination.
Dadd del.t. Angus sculp.
[London: William Lane, 1788 or 1794.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, binding notches on right.
A winged female figure sits with a book. The frontispiece to the rare 'Fairy Tales, Selected from the Best Authors'.
[Ref: 62516] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dadd del.t. Angus sculp.
[London: William Lane, 1788 or 1794.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 100mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, binding notches on right.
A winged female figure sits with a book. The frontispiece to the rare 'Fairy Tales, Selected from the Best Authors'.
[Ref: 62516] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Front Vol XIX
Gent Mag 1749.
Sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed. Hole in right outside image.
Frontispiece to 'The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle Volume XIX for the Year M.DCC.XLIX.' A scene of a fishery inside a frame aurrounded by scientic and artistic instruments. Below on left a woman uses a a pair of compasses to draw on a piece of paper titled 'Noahs Ark'. In the centre is a stack of books labelled 'Phil Transact,' 'Shaw,' 'Essay on Redemption,' 'Codamines Journ,' 'Mem of French Ac,' 'Essay on Rope Making,' 'Middleton,' 'Voyage to America,' 'Ansons Voyage,' 'Flora Siberica,' 'Clarissa,' and 'Tom Jones.' A putti to the right points to glyphs on a piece of rubble, trying to get the attention of a man in a fur hat sitting and studying a coin.
[Ref: 61286] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Gent Mag 1749.
Sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed. Hole in right outside image.
Frontispiece to 'The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle Volume XIX for the Year M.DCC.XLIX.' A scene of a fishery inside a frame aurrounded by scientic and artistic instruments. Below on left a woman uses a a pair of compasses to draw on a piece of paper titled 'Noahs Ark'. In the centre is a stack of books labelled 'Phil Transact,' 'Shaw,' 'Essay on Redemption,' 'Codamines Journ,' 'Mem of French Ac,' 'Essay on Rope Making,' 'Middleton,' 'Voyage to America,' 'Ansons Voyage,' 'Flora Siberica,' 'Clarissa,' and 'Tom Jones.' A putti to the right points to glyphs on a piece of rubble, trying to get the attention of a man in a fur hat sitting and studying a coin.
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The Gentlemans Recreation. by R. Blome.
[Anon, 1686.]
Engraving, sheet 415 x 260mm (16¼ x 11"). False margin added on left. Large margins on 3 sides.
Apollo enthroned with the Muses on either side; below Diana with two dogs. Frontispiece to 'The Gentleman's Recreation' (1686) by Richard Blome (bap.1635?-d.1705), cartographer and printseller. A volume which treats the utility of the liberal arts and sciences (hence the range of subjects depicted here), it included some of the earliest representations of British field sports (including the figure in the lower right holding a hunting rifle).
[Ref: 38882] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, 1686.]
Engraving, sheet 415 x 260mm (16¼ x 11"). False margin added on left. Large margins on 3 sides.
Apollo enthroned with the Muses on either side; below Diana with two dogs. Frontispiece to 'The Gentleman's Recreation' (1686) by Richard Blome (bap.1635?-d.1705), cartographer and printseller. A volume which treats the utility of the liberal arts and sciences (hence the range of subjects depicted here), it included some of the earliest representations of British field sports (including the figure in the lower right holding a hunting rifle).
[Ref: 38882] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece View the four Quarters of the Globe Combin'd, / To yeild Instruction to the Lib'ral Mind; / Britannia's Genius, Seated on her Throne / Receives their Gifts, and makes them all her own.
S. Wale delin C. Grignion Sculp.t
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12½ x 8"). Trimmed to platemark. 'John Cane to Edw.d Cane' in old ms verso.
Frontispiece to unidentified volume, with Britannia receiving allegorical figures representing the continents of the world, presenting the produce of their various regions. Ship on right puts the viewer in mind of the docks of the Thames in London.
[Ref: 40085] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
S. Wale delin C. Grignion Sculp.t
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12½ x 8"). Trimmed to platemark. 'John Cane to Edw.d Cane' in old ms verso.
Frontispiece to unidentified volume, with Britannia receiving allegorical figures representing the continents of the world, presenting the produce of their various regions. Ship on right puts the viewer in mind of the docks of the Thames in London.
[Ref: 40085] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece Engraved for Barlows General History of Europe Explanation. Europe Insturcting the other quarters of the Globe, in the Arts, and SCiences [...]
Corbould delin.t Grignion Sculpt
Engraving, platemark 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Frontispiece to Percival Barlow's 'General History of Europe', with Europe as tutor to the figures representing Asia, Africa and America. Set in a library with other educational materials including a globe, a roll of maps, and an easel and paintbrushes.
[Ref: 40086] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould delin.t Grignion Sculpt
Engraving, platemark 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Frontispiece to Percival Barlow's 'General History of Europe', with Europe as tutor to the figures representing Asia, Africa and America. Set in a library with other educational materials including a globe, a roll of maps, and an easel and paintbrushes.
[Ref: 40086] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to Millar's New & Universal System of Geography This Elegant Frontispiece Represents an emblematical Figure of Geography seated by the Basis of Britannia [...]
Pollard delin et sculpt. [1782]
Engraving, sheet 310 x 210mm (12¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight time stained
Frontispiece to George Henry Millar's 'Universal System of Geography', with statue of Britannia at the foot of which the figure of Geography receives allegorical figures representing the continents of the world, presenting the 'various produce & curiosities of their respective countries'.
[Ref: 40084] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Pollard delin et sculpt. [1782]
Engraving, sheet 310 x 210mm (12¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight time stained
Frontispiece to George Henry Millar's 'Universal System of Geography', with statue of Britannia at the foot of which the figure of Geography receives allegorical figures representing the continents of the world, presenting the 'various produce & curiosities of their respective countries'.
[Ref: 40084] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)