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Didood Dood. La Mort de Didon.
C. Troost inv. S. Fokke del. et fec.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 270 x 380mm (10½ x 15") very large margins.
A burlesque death of Dido, she lies upon a pyre while grieveing women look on. A plate from a series of 31 engravings published between 1754-1764 after paintings, drawings and pastels by Cornelius Troost made between (1738-1748).
[Ref: 42655] £420.00
C. Troost inv. S. Fokke del. et fec.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 270 x 380mm (10½ x 15") very large margins.
A burlesque death of Dido, she lies upon a pyre while grieveing women look on. A plate from a series of 31 engravings published between 1754-1764 after paintings, drawings and pastels by Cornelius Troost made between (1738-1748).
[Ref: 42655] £420.00
Doggiana, by Cynophilus. A Poet is a lank Greyhound; for the Public her runs game down...
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d., c.1827]
Lithograph. Watermark 'Fellows' 1824. Sheet: 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Some marking.
A frontispiece to 'Doggiana' showing a dog in clothes standing above a pyramid.
[Ref: 42712] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d., c.1827]
Lithograph. Watermark 'Fellows' 1824. Sheet: 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Some marking.
A frontispiece to 'Doggiana' showing a dog in clothes standing above a pyramid.
[Ref: 42712] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Francis Drake]](jpegs/42846.jpg)
[Sir Francis Drake] Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Anglia An Aet Sue 43 [...]
[Jodocus Hondius and George Vertue, c.1733]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Trimmed to image, paper tone and creasing. 18/19th century impression.
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) the most famous of all English seafarers, large globe in left background. This print has an interesting history: the plate was started during Drake's lifetime, hence the date of 1580 on the print (the artist is widely believed to be Jodocus Hondius although Remigius Hogenburg has also been suggested). The plate was left unfinished (an example of the print in its unfinished state is in the British Museum, registration no. O,8.86) until in the 18th century the printmaker and antiquary George Vertue purchased the plate from Drake's descendants and completed it. Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandindingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. His increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philip II's decision to launch the Armada against English in 1588. Drake served as vice-admiral of the English fleet which defeated the Armada.
[Ref: 42846] £1,250.00
[Jodocus Hondius and George Vertue, c.1733]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½"). Trimmed to image, paper tone and creasing. 18/19th century impression.
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) the most famous of all English seafarers, large globe in left background. This print has an interesting history: the plate was started during Drake's lifetime, hence the date of 1580 on the print (the artist is widely believed to be Jodocus Hondius although Remigius Hogenburg has also been suggested). The plate was left unfinished (an example of the print in its unfinished state is in the British Museum, registration no. O,8.86) until in the 18th century the printmaker and antiquary George Vertue purchased the plate from Drake's descendants and completed it. Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandindingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. His increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philip II's decision to launch the Armada against English in 1588. Drake served as vice-admiral of the English fleet which defeated the Armada.
[Ref: 42846] £1,250.00
Franciscus, Drake.
De L'armessin Sculp.
[n.d. c.1670].
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted in album paper.
Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596), right hand on a globe on which America is marked. He was the first English circumnavigator and the first to remain in command from beginning to end.
[Ref: 42168] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
De L'armessin Sculp.
[n.d. c.1670].
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted in album paper.
Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596), right hand on a globe on which America is marked. He was the first English circumnavigator and the first to remain in command from beginning to end.
[Ref: 42168] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Trade card.] S.Ware Draper & Taylor, 43 Wine Street, Bristol.](jpegs/42617.jpg)
[Trade card.] S.Ware Draper & Taylor, 43 Wine Street, Bristol.
Price sculpsit. 72 John St.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Tradecard. Sheet: 75 x 110mm (3 x 4½"). Some damage in centre, marking.
A tradecard for a draper and taylor in Waterloo House in Bristol.
[Ref: 42617] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Price sculpsit. 72 John St.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Tradecard. Sheet: 75 x 110mm (3 x 4½"). Some damage in centre, marking.
A tradecard for a draper and taylor in Waterloo House in Bristol.
[Ref: 42617] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The Effects of Drunkenness. ''O that Men should put an Enemy into their Mouths to steal away their Brains.''
Sold by A. Ady, Bookseller, Stationer, and Dealer in Toys, 90, Houndsditch, London.
Letterpress with woodcut border. Sheet 175 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Some rubbing, laid on album paper.
An anti-drink handbill, quoting Shakespeare's 'Othello' and Francis Bacon's 'Drunkenness'.
[Ref: 42373] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sold by A. Ady, Bookseller, Stationer, and Dealer in Toys, 90, Houndsditch, London.
Letterpress with woodcut border. Sheet 175 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Some rubbing, laid on album paper.
An anti-drink handbill, quoting Shakespeare's 'Othello' and Francis Bacon's 'Drunkenness'.
[Ref: 42373] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dunkirk. A New Prospect of ye towne and port of Dunkirk Shewing ye Citadel Castles & Rissbank belonging to ye Harbour which are Demolished according to ye Articles of Peace...
D. Lockley sculp.
Sold by J.o Smith at ye Pictuer Shop in Exeter Chang in ye Strand And by R. Hulton at ye Pictuer Shop ye corner of Pellmell facing ye Haymarket St Jams. [n.d., c.1724-9.]
Engraving. Sheet 445 x 565mm (17½ x 22¼"). Trimmed into image at top, to plate at bottom, narrow lateral margins.
A view of Dunkirk from the sea, showing the buildings that were to be demolished according to the terms of the 'Treaty of Utrecht', which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. It was published in volume four of the 'Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne'.
[Ref: 42299] £390.00
D. Lockley sculp.
Sold by J.o Smith at ye Pictuer Shop in Exeter Chang in ye Strand And by R. Hulton at ye Pictuer Shop ye corner of Pellmell facing ye Haymarket St Jams. [n.d., c.1724-9.]
Engraving. Sheet 445 x 565mm (17½ x 22¼"). Trimmed into image at top, to plate at bottom, narrow lateral margins.
A view of Dunkirk from the sea, showing the buildings that were to be demolished according to the terms of the 'Treaty of Utrecht', which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. It was published in volume four of the 'Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne'.
[Ref: 42299] £390.00
![[Duijnkerken.]](jpegs/42370.jpg)
[Duijnkerken.]
[1612.]
Engraving. 17th century watermark; Sheet: 300 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet. Slight crease in centre as normal.
A prospect of the town of Dunkirk. During the Dutch Revolt, Dunkirkers (raiders in the pay of the Spanish monarchy) operated out of Dunkirk, Ostend and Nieuwpoort. Throughout the Eighty Years War the Dunkirkers were constantly under fire from the fleet of the Dutch Republic. From 'Beschryvinghe van alle de Nederlanden...' Willem Jannsz Blaeu's 1612 edition of Lodovico Guicciardini's (1521-1589) description of the Netherlands.
[Ref: 42370] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[1612.]
Engraving. 17th century watermark; Sheet: 300 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet. Slight crease in centre as normal.
A prospect of the town of Dunkirk. During the Dutch Revolt, Dunkirkers (raiders in the pay of the Spanish monarchy) operated out of Dunkirk, Ostend and Nieuwpoort. Throughout the Eighty Years War the Dunkirkers were constantly under fire from the fleet of the Dutch Republic. From 'Beschryvinghe van alle de Nederlanden...' Willem Jannsz Blaeu's 1612 edition of Lodovico Guicciardini's (1521-1589) description of the Netherlands.
[Ref: 42370] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
To the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Provost, Magistrates & Town Council of the City of Edinburgh, This View of Edinburgh from the South East Is most respectfully dedicated by R. Scott.
Painted by A. Carse. Engraved by R. Scott.
Published as the Act directs by R. Scott Engraver Edin.r 1801.
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 340 x 440mm (13½ x 17¼"). Trimmed just within plate.
A distant view of Edinburgh, painted by Alexander Carse (c.1770 - 1843).
[Ref: 42127] £360.00
Painted by A. Carse. Engraved by R. Scott.
Published as the Act directs by R. Scott Engraver Edin.r 1801.
Engraving, scarce. Sheet 340 x 440mm (13½ x 17¼"). Trimmed just within plate.
A distant view of Edinburgh, painted by Alexander Carse (c.1770 - 1843).
[Ref: 42127] £360.00
The Eglinton Testimonial. A Representation of the Piece of Plate Presented by the Noblemen, Gentlemen and Ladies Present at the Festivities Celebrated at Eglinton Castle, in the Autumn of 1839, to the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord of the Tournament.
Manufactured by Mess.rs Garrard and Co., London. Goldsmiths, &c. to the Crown.
Landells, Bride Court, Fleet Street, sculpt.
Engraving on india paper. Scarce. Sheet: 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Offset.
An illustration of the Eglinton Trophy presented to Archibald, Earl of Eglinton in thanks for his holding the Eglinton Tournament on 30th August 1839. The tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and drew a huge crowd of 100,000. Many famous people and nobility watched and participated including Prince Louis Napoleon. In ink in bottom left corner "Weight 1501 ½ Ounces, Height 4' 6"".
[Ref: 42683] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Manufactured by Mess.rs Garrard and Co., London. Goldsmiths, &c. to the Crown.
Landells, Bride Court, Fleet Street, sculpt.
Engraving on india paper. Scarce. Sheet: 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Offset.
An illustration of the Eglinton Trophy presented to Archibald, Earl of Eglinton in thanks for his holding the Eglinton Tournament on 30th August 1839. The tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and drew a huge crowd of 100,000. Many famous people and nobility watched and participated including Prince Louis Napoleon. In ink in bottom left corner "Weight 1501 ½ Ounces, Height 4' 6"".
[Ref: 42683] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Lambeth Election. Sir, Notwithstanding the impossibility of a personal Canvass, the cordial reception which has greeted me throughout the Borough, has convinced me that my long local connexion with Lambeth, and my well-tested zeal for the cause of Civil and Religious Liberty will secure for me your Vote and Interest. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithfull Servant, John Hinde Palmer. Your Polling place is Godfrey's Fields. Your Number is [1643].
[n.d., 1850.]
Letterpress election broadside, number added in ink. Sheet 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾"), folded once. Creased.
A canvassing broadside from John Hinde Palmer (1808-84), a Q.C. who contested the 1850 Lambeth election, trying to win the seat vacated by his father-in-law, Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt, but only getting 10% of the vote. He became MP for Lincoln 1864-74 and 1880-84 (his death). In 1883 Spy caricatured him as 'Lincoln' for Vanity Fair.
[Ref: 42355] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1850.]
Letterpress election broadside, number added in ink. Sheet 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾"), folded once. Creased.
A canvassing broadside from John Hinde Palmer (1808-84), a Q.C. who contested the 1850 Lambeth election, trying to win the seat vacated by his father-in-law, Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt, but only getting 10% of the vote. He became MP for Lincoln 1864-74 and 1880-84 (his death). In 1883 Spy caricatured him as 'Lincoln' for Vanity Fair.
[Ref: 42355] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Eloisa. Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, [/] That well known name awakens all my woes. Pope's Eloisa to Abelard.
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. W.Wynne Ryland Sculp.t.
Published Nov. 28, 1779 by W.W. Ryland No.159 Strand, London.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 310 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"), with large margins. Slight staining. 1 spot above publication line.
A scene from Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard' in which the character of Eloisa, now a nun confesses to the reawakening of her feelings for her husband Abelard who is now a monk. The scene shows Eloisa, sat on a chair in her nun's habit, having just read the letter.
[Ref: 42509] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Angelica Kauffman pinx.t. W.Wynne Ryland Sculp.t.
Published Nov. 28, 1779 by W.W. Ryland No.159 Strand, London.
Stipple, printed in sanguine. 310 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"), with large margins. Slight staining. 1 spot above publication line.
A scene from Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard' in which the character of Eloisa, now a nun confesses to the reawakening of her feelings for her husband Abelard who is now a monk. The scene shows Eloisa, sat on a chair in her nun's habit, having just read the letter.
[Ref: 42509] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
England and Wales.
W. Snow, Publisher Theobald's Road. [n.d., c.1815.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 140 x 105mm. Laid on card as issued, some staining.
An anthropomorphic caricature of England and Wales as a grotesque man, frothing tankard in hand, riding a monstrous dolphin, his blue cape creating Wales. It is a smaller copy of Robert Dighton's 'Geography Bewitched'. This example appears to be an early state, before 'A Caricature of' was added above the title box.
[Ref: 42819] £320.00
W. Snow, Publisher Theobald's Road. [n.d., c.1815.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 140 x 105mm. Laid on card as issued, some staining.
An anthropomorphic caricature of England and Wales as a grotesque man, frothing tankard in hand, riding a monstrous dolphin, his blue cape creating Wales. It is a smaller copy of Robert Dighton's 'Geography Bewitched'. This example appears to be an early state, before 'A Caricature of' was added above the title box.
[Ref: 42819] £320.00
Les Clubs en Angleterre. L'orateuse:- Je dois répondre à l'honorable prépinante une chose...
J. Platier. Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Bauger R. de Croissant, 16. Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse 29.
Lithograph. Sheet: 345 x 265mm (13½ x 10½"). Light foxing.
A scene showing a group of women at a meeting of a members club. The orator dicusses the movement of the club to import Brussel sprouts and corks.
[Ref: 42492] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
J. Platier. Imp d'Aubert & Co.
Chez Bauger R. de Croissant, 16. Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse 29.
Lithograph. Sheet: 345 x 265mm (13½ x 10½"). Light foxing.
A scene showing a group of women at a meeting of a members club. The orator dicusses the movement of the club to import Brussel sprouts and corks.
[Ref: 42492] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Letter from accompany engraving sent from 'Spencer' to 'J:C: Crowle']](jpegs/42308.jpg)
[Letter from accompany engraving sent from 'Spencer' to 'J:C: Crowle'] Dear Sir, I send you herewith a Proof impression on folio paper of the Portrait of Henry 5th[?] Earl of Cumberland[?] my Ancestor who was killed at the Battle of Newbury [...]
St James Place 6th Oct 1809
Ms letter, sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½").
Letter sent accompanying an early proof engraving by E. Bocquet, who engraved a number of historical portraits in the early nineteenth century.
[Ref: 42308] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
St James Place 6th Oct 1809
Ms letter, sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½").
Letter sent accompanying an early proof engraving by E. Bocquet, who engraved a number of historical portraits in the early nineteenth century.
[Ref: 42308] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Principal Elevation.
[J. Foulston Arch.t. G. Hawkins Sculp.]
[Printed by J. Black, York Street, Covent Garden.][n.d., c.1813.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼").
An illustration from a prospectus for an Equestrain Emporium titled 'St James's Institution, Embracing an Equestrian Repository, An improved auction mart and othr undertakings...' by Charles Random 'de Bereger'. The architect for the project was John Foulston (1772-1841) and it was to include, baths, salerooms, ballrooms, coffee rooms and to be a place of resort for the higher classes on Pall Mall. The project was never undertaken.
[Ref: 42776] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[J. Foulston Arch.t. G. Hawkins Sculp.]
[Printed by J. Black, York Street, Covent Garden.][n.d., c.1813.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼").
An illustration from a prospectus for an Equestrain Emporium titled 'St James's Institution, Embracing an Equestrian Repository, An improved auction mart and othr undertakings...' by Charles Random 'de Bereger'. The architect for the project was John Foulston (1772-1841) and it was to include, baths, salerooms, ballrooms, coffee rooms and to be a place of resort for the higher classes on Pall Mall. The project was never undertaken.
[Ref: 42776] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Principal Elevation. View of Eqeuestrian Repository.
J. Foulston Arch.t. G. Hawkins Sculp.
[Printed by J. Black, York Street, Covent Garden.][n.d., c.1813.]
Fine aquatints. Scarce. Sheet: 190 x 320mm (7½ x 12½"). Central horizontal fold.
An illustration from a prospectus for an Equestrain Emporium titled 'St James's Institution, Embracing an Equestrian Repository, An improved auction mart and othr undertakings...' by Charles Random 'de Bereger'. The architect for the project was John Foulston (1772-1841) and it was to include, baths, salerooms, ballrooms, coffee rooms and to be a place of resort for the higher classes on Pall Mall. The project was never undertaken.
[Ref: 42775] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J. Foulston Arch.t. G. Hawkins Sculp.
[Printed by J. Black, York Street, Covent Garden.][n.d., c.1813.]
Fine aquatints. Scarce. Sheet: 190 x 320mm (7½ x 12½"). Central horizontal fold.
An illustration from a prospectus for an Equestrain Emporium titled 'St James's Institution, Embracing an Equestrian Repository, An improved auction mart and othr undertakings...' by Charles Random 'de Bereger'. The architect for the project was John Foulston (1772-1841) and it was to include, baths, salerooms, ballrooms, coffee rooms and to be a place of resort for the higher classes on Pall Mall. The project was never undertaken.
[Ref: 42775] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Musical Bouquet. Negro Songs. My Skiff on the Shore, Popular Negro Melody. Sung by the Ethiopian Serenaders.
London: Musical Bouquet Office, 192, High Holborn; & J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.
Illustrated songsheet. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼").
A songsheet in which a man urges a woman to hurry to his boat in order to sale to the 'Norden Country.' The Ethiopian Serenaders were an American troupe of blackface minstrels who performed for President John Tyler at the White House in 1844. When they toured England 1846-7 they were mistaken for real black men and had to publish portraits of themselves without make-up.
[Ref: 42648] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London: Musical Bouquet Office, 192, High Holborn; & J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.
Illustrated songsheet. Sheet: 250 x 340mm (9¾ x 13¼").
A songsheet in which a man urges a woman to hurry to his boat in order to sale to the 'Norden Country.' The Ethiopian Serenaders were an American troupe of blackface minstrels who performed for President John Tyler at the White House in 1844. When they toured England 1846-7 they were mistaken for real black men and had to publish portraits of themselves without make-up.
[Ref: 42648] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Fane, Esq.r M.P. Dedicated by Permission to the Freeholders of Oxfordshire, by their Obedient Humble Serv.t.
W. Mathew.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Etching. Plate: 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"), with large margins. Light foxing.
A portrait of Tory politician John Fane (1775-1850) who served as M.P. for Oxfordshire from 1824-1831.
[Ref: 42641] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
W. Mathew.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Etching. Plate: 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"), with large margins. Light foxing.
A portrait of Tory politician John Fane (1775-1850) who served as M.P. for Oxfordshire from 1824-1831.
[Ref: 42641] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Fast-Asleep.
[James Gillray.]
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st 1806 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Hand-coloured etching. In ink verso "Leighton"; Sheet: 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed, surface dirt and marking. Creases.
A comic scene showing a man fast asleep in his chair, his wig falling to the ground.
[Ref: 42714] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[James Gillray.]
London, Publish'd Nov.r 1.st 1806 by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Hand-coloured etching. In ink verso "Leighton"; Sheet: 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed, surface dirt and marking. Creases.
A comic scene showing a man fast asleep in his chair, his wig falling to the ground.
[Ref: 42714] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Felix on the Bat; Being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of The Cricket Bat; Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta. Also the Laws of Cricket, as Revised by the Marylebone Club, 1845.
London: Baily Brothers, Cornhill MDCCCXLV [1845].
First Edition. 4to, original half morocco gilt with marbled boards, edges worn; title + pp.41, coloured litho. frontis. & 9 plates, 6 coloured, a few wood-engraved text illustrations. Some faint soiling, remains of ink library stamp on title, occasional ink mss. and spotting.
Nicholas 'Felix' Wanostrocht (1804-76), noted English gentleman cricketer, played for Kent from 1830 until 1852, alongside Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, William Hillyer and Ned Wenman. Besides writing this famous instruction book he invented a bowling machine called the 'Catapulta', described and illustrated here, and batting gloves made from india rubber. According to Abbey this is 'The only colour plate book prior to 1850 devoted to cricket'. The illustrator was George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), who exhibited at the R.A. from 1837. The frontispiece is a visual pun: Felix is shown while standing on the back of a bat flying over a cricket pitch. Further original editions were published in 1850 & 1855.
Abbey Life: 396.
[Ref: 42814] £850.00 view all images for this item
London: Baily Brothers, Cornhill MDCCCXLV [1845].
First Edition. 4to, original half morocco gilt with marbled boards, edges worn; title + pp.41, coloured litho. frontis. & 9 plates, 6 coloured, a few wood-engraved text illustrations. Some faint soiling, remains of ink library stamp on title, occasional ink mss. and spotting.
Nicholas 'Felix' Wanostrocht (1804-76), noted English gentleman cricketer, played for Kent from 1830 until 1852, alongside Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, William Hillyer and Ned Wenman. Besides writing this famous instruction book he invented a bowling machine called the 'Catapulta', described and illustrated here, and batting gloves made from india rubber. According to Abbey this is 'The only colour plate book prior to 1850 devoted to cricket'. The illustrator was George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), who exhibited at the R.A. from 1837. The frontispiece is a visual pun: Felix is shown while standing on the back of a bat flying over a cricket pitch. Further original editions were published in 1850 & 1855.
Abbey Life: 396.
[Ref: 42814] £850.00 view all images for this item
Felix on the Bat: being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of The Cricket Bat; Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta: contain also, coloured drawings, woodcuts, and Vignettes, Illustrative of the Principles of Batting; New Diagrams and Theoretical Demonstrations, Illustrative of the Great Question of ''Leg Before Wicket;'' A Dissertation on the Different Styles of Bowling [...] Also the Laws of Cricket, as Revised by the Marylebone Club.
London: Bailey Brothers, Cornhill MDCCCL [1850].
Second edition, enlarged. 4to, original blind-illustrated cloth, rebacked, later endpapers, all edges gilt; pp. viii (incl. half-title & title) + 58 + (2)(publisher's ads), coloured litho frontis. & 9 plates, 6 coloured, a few wood-engraved text illustrations. Ink ownership inscriptions on prelim. & title, occasional spotting; frontis. taped in.
Nicholas 'Felix' Wanostrocht (1804-76), noted English gentleman cricketer, played for Kent from 1830 until 1852, alongside Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, William Hillyer and Ned Wenman. Besides writing this famous instruction book he invented a bowling machine called the 'Catapulta', described and illustrated here, and batting gloves made from india rubber. According to Abbey the first edition (1845) was 'The only colour plate book prior to 1850 devoted to cricket'. This second edition has a new introduction and a chapter on bowling. The original illustrations by George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), have been replaced, although the changes seen to be limited to the removal of most of the players' caps and their mutton-chop whiskers. Stylistically they are the same, and the punning frontispiece of Felix riding a bat over a cricket pitch is retained. A third edition was published in 1855.
See Ref: 58718. See Abbey Life: 396 for the first edition.
[Ref: 42815] £680.00 view all images for this item
London: Bailey Brothers, Cornhill MDCCCL [1850].
Second edition, enlarged. 4to, original blind-illustrated cloth, rebacked, later endpapers, all edges gilt; pp. viii (incl. half-title & title) + 58 + (2)(publisher's ads), coloured litho frontis. & 9 plates, 6 coloured, a few wood-engraved text illustrations. Ink ownership inscriptions on prelim. & title, occasional spotting; frontis. taped in.
Nicholas 'Felix' Wanostrocht (1804-76), noted English gentleman cricketer, played for Kent from 1830 until 1852, alongside Alfred Mynn, Fuller Pilch, William Hillyer and Ned Wenman. Besides writing this famous instruction book he invented a bowling machine called the 'Catapulta', described and illustrated here, and batting gloves made from india rubber. According to Abbey the first edition (1845) was 'The only colour plate book prior to 1850 devoted to cricket'. This second edition has a new introduction and a chapter on bowling. The original illustrations by George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), have been replaced, although the changes seen to be limited to the removal of most of the players' caps and their mutton-chop whiskers. Stylistically they are the same, and the punning frontispiece of Felix riding a bat over a cricket pitch is retained. A third edition was published in 1855.
See Ref: 58718. See Abbey Life: 396 for the first edition.
[Ref: 42815] £680.00 view all images for this item
The Female Coterie Well, this is certainly one of the most usefull institutions!_ Lame Lover
T. Bonnor del et sculp
[London Magzine, October 1770]
Etching, platemark approx. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7").
Satirical print showing a meeting of the Ladies Club or the Coterie, a club for ladies formed in May/June 1770, which met at Almack's Rooms on Pall Mall. It's membership consisted of the Whig elite and was not exclusively female: Horace Walpole was also a member. Gillian Russell has written of how this print shows 'the stigmatization of the Coterie as a site of feminized (and feminizing) licentiousness', promoting promiscuity, adultery, drinking and irresponsible gambling, traditionally associated with gentleman's clubs but here usurped by women.
BM Satires 4472; see Gillian Russell, 'Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London', p.75.
[Ref: 42458] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
T. Bonnor del et sculp
[London Magzine, October 1770]
Etching, platemark approx. 115 x 175mm (4½ x 7").
Satirical print showing a meeting of the Ladies Club or the Coterie, a club for ladies formed in May/June 1770, which met at Almack's Rooms on Pall Mall. It's membership consisted of the Whig elite and was not exclusively female: Horace Walpole was also a member. Gillian Russell has written of how this print shows 'the stigmatization of the Coterie as a site of feminized (and feminizing) licentiousness', promoting promiscuity, adultery, drinking and irresponsible gambling, traditionally associated with gentleman's clubs but here usurped by women.
BM Satires 4472; see Gillian Russell, 'Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London', p.75.
[Ref: 42458] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Honourable The Lady Charlotte Finch.
Robinson pinx: Major sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 28 1755.
Engraving. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Thread margins.
A portrait of Lady Charlotte Fermor (1725-1813), painted by John Robinson. As Robinson died in 1745 the portrait was probably painted on her betrothal to the Hon. William Finch (1691–1766), who she married in 1746. She served as governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte for over thirty years, holding the position from 1762 to 1793.
[Ref: 42429] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Robinson pinx: Major sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament July 28 1755.
Engraving. 320 x 225mm (12½ x 9"). Thread margins.
A portrait of Lady Charlotte Fermor (1725-1813), painted by John Robinson. As Robinson died in 1745 the portrait was probably painted on her betrothal to the Hon. William Finch (1691–1766), who she married in 1746. She served as governess to the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte for over thirty years, holding the position from 1762 to 1793.
[Ref: 42429] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Veduta di S.Giovanni di Firenze.
Ant. Terreni dis. e inc.
Aquatint. Plate: 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with very large margins.
A view of the St John Baptistry in Piazza del Duomo in Florence.
[Ref: 42508] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ant. Terreni dis. e inc.
Aquatint. Plate: 360 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with very large margins.
A view of the St John Baptistry in Piazza del Duomo in Florence.
[Ref: 42508] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Water Lily]](jpegs/42464.jpg)
[The Water Lily]
Tho.s Harper pinx.t. [J.P. Quilley sculp.t]
[London, Published Feb.y 20, 1830, by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket.]
Mezzotint printed in colour, sheet 210 x 180mm (8¼ x 7"). Trimmed around image and artist's name, losing text.
One of a number of prints after Thomas Harper (1817-43, fl.), portrait and miniature painter, in which women are combined with flowers, comets, eclipses, etc.
For other similar prints after Harper see refs. 38818 and 21580.
[Ref: 42464] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Tho.s Harper pinx.t. [J.P. Quilley sculp.t]
[London, Published Feb.y 20, 1830, by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket.]
Mezzotint printed in colour, sheet 210 x 180mm (8¼ x 7"). Trimmed around image and artist's name, losing text.
One of a number of prints after Thomas Harper (1817-43, fl.), portrait and miniature painter, in which women are combined with flowers, comets, eclipses, etc.
For other similar prints after Harper see refs. 38818 and 21580.
[Ref: 42464] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
El "Football" de Salon. The Drawing Room Football. Le Football de Salon.
L. Saussine, Editeur Paris. [n.d., c.1900.]
Chromolithograph, scarce. Sheet: 560 x 450mm (22 x 17¾"), large margins. Tear in margin bottom centre.
An advert for a game called the 'Drawing Room Football' by Leon Saussine a French game maker. Leon Saussine was active from 1860 until his death in 1899 after which point his sons took over the business.
[Ref: 42621] £650.00
L. Saussine, Editeur Paris. [n.d., c.1900.]
Chromolithograph, scarce. Sheet: 560 x 450mm (22 x 17¾"), large margins. Tear in margin bottom centre.
An advert for a game called the 'Drawing Room Football' by Leon Saussine a French game maker. Leon Saussine was active from 1860 until his death in 1899 after which point his sons took over the business.
[Ref: 42621] £650.00
![[Set of Nine Plates.] Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage Up the Wellington Channel...](jpegs/41939.jpg)
[Set of Nine Plates.] Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage Up the Wellington Channel... Loss of the McLellan. [&] H.M.S Assistance and Pioneer in Winter Quaters. Returning Daylight. [&] Perilous Position of H.M.S Assistance and Pioneer, on the Evening of the 12th October 1853, Disaster Bay. [&] Pl.s VIII & IX_Division of Sledges Finding and Cutting a Road through Heavy Hummocks, in the Queen's Channel. [&] Division of Sledges Passsing Cape Lady Franklin; Extraordinary Masses of Ice Pressed Against the North Shore of Bathurst Land. [&] Sledges in a Fresh Fair Wind, Going Over Hummocky Ice. [&] Encamping for the Night. [&] Franklin Relics Brought by Dr. Rae.
Comm.r. W.W.May, del. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
London: Published May 1, 1855, By Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. 6-7-8-9, Gate Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields.
Nine of 14 tinted lithographs with letterpress in wrappers, very rare. Sheet: 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"). Foxing, wrappers torn and worn.
Nine of 14 plates from Walter William May's 'Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin' with wrappers, list of over 240 subscribers and descriptions of the plates. Sir Edward Belcher led five ships to the Arctic in the largest and last naval search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of the 'Erebus' and 'Terror', missing from an earlier expedition seeking the Northwest Passage. Though they were unable to rescue Franklin they rescued the crew of HMS Investigator under the command of Robert McClure which had become stuck during an earlier rescue expedition. Four out of the five vessels were abandoned in pack ice, for which Belcher was court-martialled, but acquitted. Plates 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 14.
Abbey Travel 646.
[Ref: 41939] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
Comm.r. W.W.May, del. Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen.
London: Published May 1, 1855, By Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. 6-7-8-9, Gate Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields.
Nine of 14 tinted lithographs with letterpress in wrappers, very rare. Sheet: 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"). Foxing, wrappers torn and worn.
Nine of 14 plates from Walter William May's 'Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin' with wrappers, list of over 240 subscribers and descriptions of the plates. Sir Edward Belcher led five ships to the Arctic in the largest and last naval search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of the 'Erebus' and 'Terror', missing from an earlier expedition seeking the Northwest Passage. Though they were unable to rescue Franklin they rescued the crew of HMS Investigator under the command of Robert McClure which had become stuck during an earlier rescue expedition. Four out of the five vessels were abandoned in pack ice, for which Belcher was court-martialled, but acquitted. Plates 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 14.
Abbey Travel 646.
[Ref: 41939] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
![[Six scenes from the French Revolution]](jpegs/42468.jpg)
[Six scenes from the French Revolution] [Masssacre in Lyon; Condorcet committing suicide; Cecilia Renaud condemned to death; Loiserolles taken by Robespierre's men; The Pacification of the Vendée; The Sitting of the Council of Five Hundred]
[engraved by Giacomo Aliprandi after Jean Duplessi-Bertaux, Francisco Vieria, 'Drevet' and 'Fragonard', 1803-4]
Six stipples, each sheet approx. 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17½"). Trimmed inside platemarks, false margins added, and folded through centre; collector's stamp of Reverend J. Burleigh James verso of all.
Series of French Revolutionary subjects, which while bearing English text and London publication dates were probably produced in Italy (Giacomo Aliprandi, for instance, is not known to have worked in England). Aliprandi's prints were copied after stipples by artists such as Bartolozzi, and presented as published in England (with the names of imaginary French artists in some cases) to capitalize on the vogue for English prints. Once in the collection of Reverend J. Burleigh James of Knowbury Park, Shropshire. An important collector of prints of all schools and periods, James' collection of prints by Rembrandt and Dürer was particularly notable.
L.1425; for the 'Sitting of the Council of Five Hundred' see 'Bonaparte and the British' (ex. cat., British Museum, 2015), p.86.
[Ref: 42468] £650.00 view all images for this item
[engraved by Giacomo Aliprandi after Jean Duplessi-Bertaux, Francisco Vieria, 'Drevet' and 'Fragonard', 1803-4]
Six stipples, each sheet approx. 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17½"). Trimmed inside platemarks, false margins added, and folded through centre; collector's stamp of Reverend J. Burleigh James verso of all.
Series of French Revolutionary subjects, which while bearing English text and London publication dates were probably produced in Italy (Giacomo Aliprandi, for instance, is not known to have worked in England). Aliprandi's prints were copied after stipples by artists such as Bartolozzi, and presented as published in England (with the names of imaginary French artists in some cases) to capitalize on the vogue for English prints. Once in the collection of Reverend J. Burleigh James of Knowbury Park, Shropshire. An important collector of prints of all schools and periods, James' collection of prints by Rembrandt and Dürer was particularly notable.
L.1425; for the 'Sitting of the Council of Five Hundred' see 'Bonaparte and the British' (ex. cat., British Museum, 2015), p.86.
[Ref: 42468] £650.00 view all images for this item
![[Album of 22 Watercolours near Frensham, Surrey.]](jpegs/42584.jpg)
[Album of 22 Watercolours near Frensham, Surrey.]
[c. 1860s.]
Album of watercolours, with cloth binding. Paper watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1855. Album: 240 x 295mm (9½ x 11½"). Front and some pages loose.
An album of watercolours by Rosina Sarah Woodthorpe (1823-1891) of various views, mostly around Frensham in Surrey.
[Ref: 42584] £780.00 view all images for this item
[c. 1860s.]
Album of watercolours, with cloth binding. Paper watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1855. Album: 240 x 295mm (9½ x 11½"). Front and some pages loose.
An album of watercolours by Rosina Sarah Woodthorpe (1823-1891) of various views, mostly around Frensham in Surrey.
[Ref: 42584] £780.00 view all images for this item
Kuddum Russool at Gour, Where they Shew the Print of their Prophet's Foot, in a Piece of White Marble.
H.C. Delin.t. I. Moffat, Sculp.
[Published by James Moffat, n.d., c.1808.]
Scarce aquatint. 365 x 510mm (14¼ x 20"), with large margins, watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1806'. Slight central vertical crease.
A view of the Qadam Rasul mosque in Gour, West Bengal from James Moffat's (1775-1815) series of aquatints 'Views at Gaur', published in 1808 in Calcutta, after drawings by Henry Creighton (1767-1807). Creighton's drawings and study pioneered the research into the medieval ruins of Gaur which had once been the ancient capital of the rulers of Bengal.
[Ref: 42501] £580.00
H.C. Delin.t. I. Moffat, Sculp.
[Published by James Moffat, n.d., c.1808.]
Scarce aquatint. 365 x 510mm (14¼ x 20"), with large margins, watermarked 'S.Wise & Patch 1806'. Slight central vertical crease.
A view of the Qadam Rasul mosque in Gour, West Bengal from James Moffat's (1775-1815) series of aquatints 'Views at Gaur', published in 1808 in Calcutta, after drawings by Henry Creighton (1767-1807). Creighton's drawings and study pioneered the research into the medieval ruins of Gaur which had once been the ancient capital of the rulers of Bengal.
[Ref: 42501] £580.00
The Rose Shamrock & Thistle. To General Union. This Plate containing Profiles of Eight Illustrious Personages is most humbly Inscribed by a Friend of Liberty.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Engraving with hand-colouring on card. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Laid on album paper.
Silhouettes of several key figures in European politics can be detected among the leaves and flowers: the Prince Regent, Frederick William III of Prussia, Marshall Blucher, George III, Francis I of Austria, the Duke of Wellington, Louis XVIII of France, and Alexander I of Russia.
[Ref: 42305] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1815.]
Engraving with hand-colouring on card. 160 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Laid on album paper.
Silhouettes of several key figures in European politics can be detected among the leaves and flowers: the Prince Regent, Frederick William III of Prussia, Marshall Blucher, George III, Francis I of Austria, the Duke of Wellington, Louis XVIII of France, and Alexander I of Russia.
[Ref: 42305] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Genes. Ville Capitale de la Republique de meme nom scuituée sur la mer méditerranée en Italie.
à Paris chés Charpentier rue S.Jaques au Coq. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, scarce. Plate: 515 x 345mm (20¼ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate on left and right sides, central fold as issued.
A view of Genoa showing the Seige of Genoa in 1747 during the War of Austrian Sucession. Important buildings are identified with a key below.
[Ref: 42842] £790.00
à Paris chés Charpentier rue S.Jaques au Coq. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, scarce. Plate: 515 x 345mm (20¼ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate on left and right sides, central fold as issued.
A view of Genoa showing the Seige of Genoa in 1747 during the War of Austrian Sucession. Important buildings are identified with a key below.
[Ref: 42842] £790.00
His Royal Highness George Prince of Denmark.
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate: 145 x 205mm (5¾ x 8¼"). Small margins.
A portrait, set in an oval of Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), husband of Anne, daughter of James II and Queen of England from 1702.
[Ref: 42602] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Eques pinx. I. Smith fec.
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden.
Mezzotint. Plate: 145 x 205mm (5¾ x 8¼"). Small margins.
A portrait, set in an oval of Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), husband of Anne, daughter of James II and Queen of England from 1702.
[Ref: 42602] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Ghost.
Designed & Published by G. Rowe [n.d., c.1839]
Rare lithograph, printed area250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Repaired tear to margins.
Four bankers sit at a table making an inventory of the complex assets of the 'ghost' of the title, who, to make things more complicated, hovers above the company, gleefully distributing codicils. One of these is in the includes the text 'Corporation of Gloucester' and 'Jam. Wood'. The artist and lithograph George Rowe (1796-1864) lived in Cheltenham and depicted sights and people of local interest. The 'ghost' in question here is probably James Wood (1756-1836), who ran Gloucester Old Bank, one of the earliest private banks in England. After Wood's death it was absorbed by the County of Gloucestershire Banking Company. Rowe also made a print of Gloucester Old Bank.
For Rowe's print of Gloucester Old Bank see ref. 17546.
[Ref: 42003] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Designed & Published by G. Rowe [n.d., c.1839]
Rare lithograph, printed area250 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Repaired tear to margins.
Four bankers sit at a table making an inventory of the complex assets of the 'ghost' of the title, who, to make things more complicated, hovers above the company, gleefully distributing codicils. One of these is in the includes the text 'Corporation of Gloucester' and 'Jam. Wood'. The artist and lithograph George Rowe (1796-1864) lived in Cheltenham and depicted sights and people of local interest. The 'ghost' in question here is probably James Wood (1756-1836), who ran Gloucester Old Bank, one of the earliest private banks in England. After Wood's death it was absorbed by the County of Gloucestershire Banking Company. Rowe also made a print of Gloucester Old Bank.
For Rowe's print of Gloucester Old Bank see ref. 17546.
[Ref: 42003] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini]](jpegs/42474.jpg)
[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini] Plate 1
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Stipple, sheet 130 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Apollo, playing the harp with the nine Muses in attendance. Ticket for a benefit held for Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), Italian composer and violinist. Giardini, an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Later state as published in 'A General History of Music' by the musicologist Charles Burney.
De Vesme 1927 iii/iii.
[Ref: 42474] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Stipple, sheet 130 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Apollo, playing the harp with the nine Muses in attendance. Ticket for a benefit held for Felice Giardini (1716 – 1796), Italian composer and violinist. Giardini, an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Later state as published in 'A General History of Music' by the musicologist Charles Burney.
De Vesme 1927 iii/iii.
[Ref: 42474] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gibraltar.][In ink on verso.]](jpegs/42487.jpg)
[Gibraltar.][In ink on verso.]
[James C. Noble.][In ink on verso.]
[26 February 1852.][In ink on verso.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Some marking in margins.
A view of Gibraltar from the sea showing various ships, including a steam ship in the bay.
[Ref: 42487] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)
[James C. Noble.][In ink on verso.]
[26 February 1852.][In ink on verso.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Some marking in margins.
A view of Gibraltar from the sea showing various ships, including a steam ship in the bay.
[Ref: 42487] £200.00 (£240.00 incl.VAT)
M.r James Gillray.
From a miniature painted by himself & Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
London, Published april 19 1819 by G.Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. Plate: 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½") very large margins. Some creasing and marking.
A portrait of caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1757-1815).
[Ref: 42599] £360.00
From a miniature painted by himself & Engraved by Cha.s Turner.
London, Published april 19 1819 by G.Humphrey, 27 S.t James's Street.
Mezzotint. Plate: 300 x 395mm (12 x 15½") very large margins. Some creasing and marking.
A portrait of caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray (1757-1815).
[Ref: 42599] £360.00
Male Giraffe or Camelopardalis.
Heath Sc.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engaving. Sheet: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
An illustration of a giraffe from an English translation of Francois Le Vaillant's 'Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique' published in 1790.
[Ref: 42520] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Heath Sc.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engaving. Sheet: 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
An illustration of a giraffe from an English translation of Francois Le Vaillant's 'Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique' published in 1790.
[Ref: 42520] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Sea Ingagement betwixt the Portuges and Dutch near Goa
[London, 1702]
Etching with letterpress, sheet 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8").
The Battle of Goa (a port city in India then a Portuguese colony) in 1638, in which Portuguese forces defeated a large Dutch fleet attempting to block the port. This conflict took place during the Dutch-Portuguese War of 1601-61. Sheet from 'A Description of ye East India Coasts of Malabar and Cormandel with their adjacent Kingdoms and Provinces; and of the Empire of Ceylon and of the Idolatry of the Pagans in the East Indies', the 1702 translation of a work originally published in Dutch in 1672, by Philip Baldaeus (1632-71). Baldaeus was a Dutch minister who spent time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) while it was governed by the Dutch, and wrote a compendious account of his observations.
[Ref: 42457] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[London, 1702]
Etching with letterpress, sheet 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8").
The Battle of Goa (a port city in India then a Portuguese colony) in 1638, in which Portuguese forces defeated a large Dutch fleet attempting to block the port. This conflict took place during the Dutch-Portuguese War of 1601-61. Sheet from 'A Description of ye East India Coasts of Malabar and Cormandel with their adjacent Kingdoms and Provinces; and of the Empire of Ceylon and of the Idolatry of the Pagans in the East Indies', the 1702 translation of a work originally published in Dutch in 1672, by Philip Baldaeus (1632-71). Baldaeus was a Dutch minister who spent time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) while it was governed by the Dutch, and wrote a compendious account of his observations.
[Ref: 42457] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Britain Steam Ship. 1000 horse power _ Length 322 Feet _ Breadth 50 feet _ Weight of Iron used in the Ship & Engins 1500 Tons. Built at Bristol & Launched 19th July 1843 _ 3500 Tons.
J.T. Wood, 33 Holywell St, Strand London. J. Windsor Card Maker 2 Meredith Street, Clerkenwell.
[n.d., c.1843.]
Steel engraving on porcelain card. Sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Some staining to edges.
A souvenir card for the launching of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, at the time the largest ship in the world.
[Ref: 42027] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J.T. Wood, 33 Holywell St, Strand London. J. Windsor Card Maker 2 Meredith Street, Clerkenwell.
[n.d., c.1843.]
Steel engraving on porcelain card. Sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Some staining to edges.
A souvenir card for the launching of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, at the time the largest ship in the world.
[Ref: 42027] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The South-West Prospect of Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk.
Sam.l and Nath.l Buck delin. et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 7th 1741. Garden Court, No 1. Middle Temple, London.
Engraving. Sheet 305 x 800mm (12 x 31½"). Trimmed within plate, affecting armorial, inscription rubbed, tears in edges, creases, three horizontal folds, folded onto album sheet.
A detailed view of Great Yarmouth, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right, indicating various landmarks and buildings. One of two plates depicting Norwich from the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales', before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 42262] £320.00
Sam.l and Nath.l Buck delin. et Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 7th 1741. Garden Court, No 1. Middle Temple, London.
Engraving. Sheet 305 x 800mm (12 x 31½"). Trimmed within plate, affecting armorial, inscription rubbed, tears in edges, creases, three horizontal folds, folded onto album sheet.
A detailed view of Great Yarmouth, with a descriptive text below and a key to the right, indicating various landmarks and buildings. One of two plates depicting Norwich from the series 'Buck's Perspective Views of Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales', before the addition of a plate number top right.
[Ref: 42262] £320.00
![[Islands of the Gulf of Guinea.]](jpegs/42536.jpg)
[Islands of the Gulf of Guinea.]
I. Kip Sculp.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate: 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Central fold as issued.
Prospects of the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. An illustration from Awnsham & John Churchill's 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels', first published in 1704.
[Ref: 42536] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
I. Kip Sculp.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate: 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Central fold as issued.
Prospects of the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. An illustration from Awnsham & John Churchill's 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels', first published in 1704.
[Ref: 42536] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Right Hon.ble Maria Countess of Coventry.
Liotard Pinx.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street [c.1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"); large margins. Tipped into album sheet.
Maria Coventry [née Gunning], countess of Coventry (bap.1732-d.1760), figure of scandal. After a childhood in Ireland, Maria and her sister Elizabeth arrived in London as teenagers and aroused considerable interest in fashionable society (they were nicknamed 'the Beauties' and admired by George II). Both quickly married well: Elizabeth to the duke of Hamilton (in secret) and Maria to George William Coventry, sixth earl of Coventry (1722-1809), the grandest landowner in Worcestershire. In London Lady Coventry's activities were documented in many private diaries and letters (Horace Walpole seems to have been particularly interested by her) and her portrait was painted by several leading artists; she also quarrelled regularly in public with her husband. Lady Coventry died at the age of twenty-eight in 1760, supposedly from lead poisoning from the fashionable white cosmetic, ceruse, which she used on her face, although tuberculosis has also been thought responsible. Mezzotint engraving of a detail from a pastel drawing by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1750-55, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
[Ref: 42089] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Liotard Pinx.t.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street [c.1760].
Mezzotint, platemark 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"); large margins. Tipped into album sheet.
Maria Coventry [née Gunning], countess of Coventry (bap.1732-d.1760), figure of scandal. After a childhood in Ireland, Maria and her sister Elizabeth arrived in London as teenagers and aroused considerable interest in fashionable society (they were nicknamed 'the Beauties' and admired by George II). Both quickly married well: Elizabeth to the duke of Hamilton (in secret) and Maria to George William Coventry, sixth earl of Coventry (1722-1809), the grandest landowner in Worcestershire. In London Lady Coventry's activities were documented in many private diaries and letters (Horace Walpole seems to have been particularly interested by her) and her portrait was painted by several leading artists; she also quarrelled regularly in public with her husband. Lady Coventry died at the age of twenty-eight in 1760, supposedly from lead poisoning from the fashionable white cosmetic, ceruse, which she used on her face, although tuberculosis has also been thought responsible. Mezzotint engraving of a detail from a pastel drawing by Jean-Etienne Liotard (1750-55, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
[Ref: 42089] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. The Plate Representing a Meeting of The Society of Royal British Archers In Gwersyllt Park Denbighshire Is by Permission Most Respectfully Dedicated to his Royal Highness's most obedient and devoted humble Servant John Emes.
The Figures drawn by R. Smirke R.A. The Landscape by J. Emes. The Aqua-Tinta by C. Apostol.
Published as the Act directs April 1, 1794 by J. Emes, No. 1 North Street, Upper Charlotte Street, London.
Aquatint, scarce. Sheet: 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"). Trimmed within plate and laid on paper
A scene showing a meeting of the Society of British Bowmen, a group started up by Sir Foster in 1787, it gained Royal patronage and the Prince of Wales presented a prize each year. The scene shows a lady taking aim at a target, several other women with bows gather around her, women, men, children and their dogs watch from the side-lines.
[Ref: 42740] £850.00
The Figures drawn by R. Smirke R.A. The Landscape by J. Emes. The Aqua-Tinta by C. Apostol.
Published as the Act directs April 1, 1794 by J. Emes, No. 1 North Street, Upper Charlotte Street, London.
Aquatint, scarce. Sheet: 610 x 480mm (24 x 19"). Trimmed within plate and laid on paper
A scene showing a meeting of the Society of British Bowmen, a group started up by Sir Foster in 1787, it gained Royal patronage and the Prince of Wales presented a prize each year. The scene shows a lady taking aim at a target, several other women with bows gather around her, women, men, children and their dogs watch from the side-lines.
[Ref: 42740] £850.00
![[Dignitaries in the Great Audience Hall at the Hague]](jpegs/42594.jpg)
[Dignitaries in the Great Audience Hall at the Hague] De Groote Gehoor-Zaal in den Haag, n den Welken De-Heeren Staaten Generaal [...]
D. Marot del et fecit [1697]
Etching and engraving, sheet 360 x 680mm (14¼ x 26¾"). Trimmed; folded. Top & bottom laid on album sheet.
Meeting of officials and dignitaries in the Binnenhof complex of buildings in the Hague, Netherlands, with detailed explanatory key.
[Ref: 42594] £380.00
D. Marot del et fecit [1697]
Etching and engraving, sheet 360 x 680mm (14¼ x 26¾"). Trimmed; folded. Top & bottom laid on album sheet.
Meeting of officials and dignitaries in the Binnenhof complex of buildings in the Hague, Netherlands, with detailed explanatory key.
[Ref: 42594] £380.00
Prospect of Hampton-Court.
[Etched by Bartholomew Rocque after Jacques Rigaud.]
[n.d., c.1738.]
Etching, extremely scarce. Sheet 355 x 560mm (14 x 22"). Trimmed to printed border at top, into image at sides and around title at bottom, mounted in album paper. Printers' crease.
A copy of Rigaud's 'Prospect of Hampton Court from the Garden Side', published 1736, etched by Bartholomew Rocque (d.1767), brother of mapmaker John Rocque. Bartholomew's main interest was gardening and he owned a farm in Waltham Green that is marked on his brother's map of London. In 1736 John had published an estate plan of Hampton Court: this was perhaps intended as a companion piece.
A comparison with a proof in the Royal Collection (RCIN 702881) suggests this example lacks c.10cm of image on the left and 1cm on the right.
[Ref: 42174] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Bartholomew Rocque after Jacques Rigaud.]
[n.d., c.1738.]
Etching, extremely scarce. Sheet 355 x 560mm (14 x 22"). Trimmed to printed border at top, into image at sides and around title at bottom, mounted in album paper. Printers' crease.
A copy of Rigaud's 'Prospect of Hampton Court from the Garden Side', published 1736, etched by Bartholomew Rocque (d.1767), brother of mapmaker John Rocque. Bartholomew's main interest was gardening and he owned a farm in Waltham Green that is marked on his brother's map of London. In 1736 John had published an estate plan of Hampton Court: this was perhaps intended as a companion piece.
A comparison with a proof in the Royal Collection (RCIN 702881) suggests this example lacks c.10cm of image on the left and 1cm on the right.
[Ref: 42174] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Arlequin Toovenaar en Barbier. Arlequin Magicien & Barbier.
C. Troost pinx. P. Tanjé fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
A man dressed as harlequin powders a man's wig. A plate from a series of 31 engravings published between 1754-1764 after paintings, drawings and pastels by Cornelius Troost made between (1738-1748).
[Ref: 42664] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
C. Troost pinx. P. Tanjé fecit.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
A man dressed as harlequin powders a man's wig. A plate from a series of 31 engravings published between 1754-1764 after paintings, drawings and pastels by Cornelius Troost made between (1738-1748).
[Ref: 42664] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sarah Countess of Kinnoull. From a painting in miniature of the same size by Sam. Shelly_ Engraved by Caroline Watson engraver to her Majesty. [1798]
Stipple, early impression, platemark 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), very large margins.
Sarah Harley (1760-1837), daughter of Sir Thomas Harley; she married Robert Hay-Drummond, later 10th Earl of Kinnoul, in 1781.
[Ref: 42483] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Stipple, early impression, platemark 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), very large margins.
Sarah Harley (1760-1837), daughter of Sir Thomas Harley; she married Robert Hay-Drummond, later 10th Earl of Kinnoul, in 1781.
[Ref: 42483] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Heaving of the Lead. For England when with fav'ring gale / Our gallant ship up the channel steer'd / And scudding under easy sail, / The high blue western land appear'd [...]
[Anon., c.1798-1800]
Letterpress with woodcut vignette, sheet 245 x 95mm (9½ x 3¾").
Song about sailors on board a ship 'heaving the lead' (throwing a lead instrument used to measure the depth of water), which would originally have been sold by a ballad seller such that depicted in ref. 28148.
[Ref: 42456] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1798-1800]
Letterpress with woodcut vignette, sheet 245 x 95mm (9½ x 3¾").
Song about sailors on board a ship 'heaving the lead' (throwing a lead instrument used to measure the depth of water), which would originally have been sold by a ballad seller such that depicted in ref. 28148.
[Ref: 42456] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)