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![[Madeira.]](jpegs/45654.jpg)
[Madeira.] The Prospect of the two small Islands, las Desertas (in the NE of Maderas) att 3 Leagues Distance. The Prospect of the Town of Funchal, and of the road, in the Island of Maderas, on ye south side. The Prospect of the West side of Gomera, from A to B at 15 leagues distance the Pico Tenerife appearing over at East. The Prospect of the Island Palma at 6 Leagues distance, seen from the South.
J. Kip fecit.
[London: Lintot and Osborn, 1746.]
Engraving. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼") large margins. Folded as issued, toning to edges.
Three coastal profiles and a prospect of Funchal from the sea, illustrations from Jean Barbot's 'A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea; and of Ethiopia Inferior, vulgarly Angola...', as published in Volume V of 'Churchill's Voyages and Travels'. A French explorer, Barbot made two voyages to West Africa in 1678 and 1681 but, after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, he sought sanctuary in England from anti-protestant persecution.
[Ref: 45654] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Kip fecit.
[London: Lintot and Osborn, 1746.]
Engraving. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼") large margins. Folded as issued, toning to edges.
Three coastal profiles and a prospect of Funchal from the sea, illustrations from Jean Barbot's 'A Description of the Coasts of North and South Guinea; and of Ethiopia Inferior, vulgarly Angola...', as published in Volume V of 'Churchill's Voyages and Travels'. A French explorer, Barbot made two voyages to West Africa in 1678 and 1681 but, after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, he sought sanctuary in England from anti-protestant persecution.
[Ref: 45654] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A View of part of the Island of Martinique Pigeon Island, Gros Inlet Bay, Shaque Bay & part of Careenage Bay, St. Lucia.
Drawn from Nature by Lieut. Chas. Forrest late of the 90 Reg.t. Engraved by F. Chesham.
Published as the Act directs Feb.y 15 1785, by John Walker, No. 148 Strand.
Aquatint with etching printed in sepia. 300 x 510mm (11¾ x 20"). Trimmed almost to plate at sides, faint vertical crease, some general light scuffing and soiling.
View looking south of European shipping off the island Martinique in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a distant view of St. Lucia. A very rare print, after Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest (1750 - 1827). One of 'Twelve Views of the Island of Saint Lucia ... By Lieut. Chas. Forrest; engraved by Chesham', 1784-86. Forrest was a British military officer who served in India, the West Indies, and on the staff of the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor in Chief of Canada, from 1821 to 1823. Although an accomplished amateur artist, Forrest’s professional performance did not live up to Dalhousie’s expectations and he was dismissed. He returned to England in 1823. His best known work is probably 'A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna', 1824.
British Library: 004924537.
[Ref: 45843] £580.00
Drawn from Nature by Lieut. Chas. Forrest late of the 90 Reg.t. Engraved by F. Chesham.
Published as the Act directs Feb.y 15 1785, by John Walker, No. 148 Strand.
Aquatint with etching printed in sepia. 300 x 510mm (11¾ x 20"). Trimmed almost to plate at sides, faint vertical crease, some general light scuffing and soiling.
View looking south of European shipping off the island Martinique in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a distant view of St. Lucia. A very rare print, after Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest (1750 - 1827). One of 'Twelve Views of the Island of Saint Lucia ... By Lieut. Chas. Forrest; engraved by Chesham', 1784-86. Forrest was a British military officer who served in India, the West Indies, and on the staff of the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor in Chief of Canada, from 1821 to 1823. Although an accomplished amateur artist, Forrest’s professional performance did not live up to Dalhousie’s expectations and he was dismissed. He returned to England in 1823. His best known work is probably 'A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna', 1824.
British Library: 004924537.
[Ref: 45843] £580.00
The Form of cruising off Acapulca on the coast of Mexico in the South Seas, in the year 1742 by His Majesty's ships, Centurion, Gloucester, Tryall Prize, Carmila Prize, Carmin Prize.
[London: J. and P. Knapton, 1748.]
Engraved map. 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼"). Narrow margin on right, binding folds.
A sketch map illustrating how Commodore George Anson's fleet guarded the approaches to Acapulco as they waited for the Spanish treasure galleon, the 'Nuestra Señora de Covadonga' to leave. However they had been spotted, so they broke off their vigil and crossed the Pacific where they eventually ambushed the treasure ship, capturing 1,313,843 pieces of eight and 35,682 ounces of silver. From George Anson's 'A Voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, II, IV', probably engraved by R.W. Seale.
[Ref: 45647] £180.00
[London: J. and P. Knapton, 1748.]
Engraved map. 255 x 440mm (10 x 17¼"). Narrow margin on right, binding folds.
A sketch map illustrating how Commodore George Anson's fleet guarded the approaches to Acapulco as they waited for the Spanish treasure galleon, the 'Nuestra Señora de Covadonga' to leave. However they had been spotted, so they broke off their vigil and crossed the Pacific where they eventually ambushed the treasure ship, capturing 1,313,843 pieces of eight and 35,682 ounces of silver. From George Anson's 'A Voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, II, IV', probably engraved by R.W. Seale.
[Ref: 45647] £180.00
Morning.
T. Nason 1937 [in image, and signed in pencil below]
Wood-engraving, printed area 125 x 205mm (5 x 8"). Edition: 187/200. Glued into card mount, as issued, with publication details printed verso.
Fine wood-engraving by Thomas W. Nason, published in 1937 by the Woodcut Society in Kansas City, Missouri. The Woodcut Society was founded in 1932 by the collector Alfred Fowler and commissioned prints twice a year which were published in editions of 200 for members of the society and provided an affordable way of owning art during the Depression. The society donated a number of prints to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas, which enabled the museum to stage an exhibition of these prints in 2016: 'The 1930s in Prints: A Gift to Kansas City from The Woodcut Society'. Work by Nason was included in this exhibition.
[Ref: 45550] £350.00
T. Nason 1937 [in image, and signed in pencil below]
Wood-engraving, printed area 125 x 205mm (5 x 8"). Edition: 187/200. Glued into card mount, as issued, with publication details printed verso.
Fine wood-engraving by Thomas W. Nason, published in 1937 by the Woodcut Society in Kansas City, Missouri. The Woodcut Society was founded in 1932 by the collector Alfred Fowler and commissioned prints twice a year which were published in editions of 200 for members of the society and provided an affordable way of owning art during the Depression. The society donated a number of prints to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas, which enabled the museum to stage an exhibition of these prints in 2016: 'The 1930s in Prints: A Gift to Kansas City from The Woodcut Society'. Work by Nason was included in this exhibition.
[Ref: 45550] £350.00
Sketches on The Nipisaguit A River of New Brunswick B.N. America by William Hickman B.A. To His Excellency The Right Honorable The Earl of Mulgrave, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, Etc. Etc. this work is respectfully dedicated, by his obediant humble servant. The Author.
W. Hickman, del. _ F. Jones, lith.
Halifax, N.S. Published by John B. Strong, Bookseller and Librarian. London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincolns-Inn Fields. 1860.
Folio, original cloth, lettered in gilt with elaborate gilt design on cover. Eight coloured lithographic plates, as called for. Sheet size: 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"), each wih letterpress description. Slight foxing throughout. Some staining to plates.
An illustrated account of self-taught amateur artist William Hickman's travels to the Nepisiguit River, New Brunswick, Canada, known at the time as 'the Rocky River' and famed for it's salmon fishing. This book was not originally intended for wider publication, but as 'mementos of a pleasant visit paid by the author, with a fishing-rod and sketchbook, to the banks of the Nipisaguit'. The titles of the plates are; 'No. 1. Above the Grand Falls', 'No. 2. The Grand Falls', 'No. 3. The Camp, Grand Falls', 'No. 4. Portage Below the Little Falls', 'No. 5. Morning at the Mid Landing', 'No. 6. The Pabineau Falls', 'No 7. Shooting A Rapid', 'No. 8. The Town of Bathurst'.
Abbey: 629
[Ref: 37469] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
W. Hickman, del. _ F. Jones, lith.
Halifax, N.S. Published by John B. Strong, Bookseller and Librarian. London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincolns-Inn Fields. 1860.
Folio, original cloth, lettered in gilt with elaborate gilt design on cover. Eight coloured lithographic plates, as called for. Sheet size: 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"), each wih letterpress description. Slight foxing throughout. Some staining to plates.
An illustrated account of self-taught amateur artist William Hickman's travels to the Nepisiguit River, New Brunswick, Canada, known at the time as 'the Rocky River' and famed for it's salmon fishing. This book was not originally intended for wider publication, but as 'mementos of a pleasant visit paid by the author, with a fishing-rod and sketchbook, to the banks of the Nipisaguit'. The titles of the plates are; 'No. 1. Above the Grand Falls', 'No. 2. The Grand Falls', 'No. 3. The Camp, Grand Falls', 'No. 4. Portage Below the Little Falls', 'No. 5. Morning at the Mid Landing', 'No. 6. The Pabineau Falls', 'No 7. Shooting A Rapid', 'No. 8. The Town of Bathurst'.
Abbey: 629
[Ref: 37469] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
Forest in the Organ Mountains.
R.Elwes del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 125 x 180mm (5 x 7").
View in the Organ Mountains, in southern New Mexico in the United States by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45596] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
R.Elwes del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 125 x 180mm (5 x 7").
View in the Organ Mountains, in southern New Mexico in the United States by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45596] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Fulton St. & Market.
W.m. I. Bennett Pinx.t et Sculp.t.
Henry I. Megarey, New York. [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint. 300 x 395mm (11½ x 15¼"). Vertical centre fold.
The Manhattan Terminal for ferry service between Brooklyn and Manhattan was located between the current Piers 17 and 18 at the South Street Seaport. In 1814 Robert Fulton’s steam-propelled ferry on the new Fulton Ferry line to New York was introduced. The 'Road to the Ferry' was renamed Fulton Street in honor of the inventor. Fulton Market - across the street from Schermerhorn Row - first opened in 1822. The current Fulton Market building is the fourth to both share the location and name. The historic Fulton Fish Market dates back to 1835.
[Ref: 45840] £650.00
W.m. I. Bennett Pinx.t et Sculp.t.
Henry I. Megarey, New York. [n.d., c.1825.]
Aquatint. 300 x 395mm (11½ x 15¼"). Vertical centre fold.
The Manhattan Terminal for ferry service between Brooklyn and Manhattan was located between the current Piers 17 and 18 at the South Street Seaport. In 1814 Robert Fulton’s steam-propelled ferry on the new Fulton Ferry line to New York was introduced. The 'Road to the Ferry' was renamed Fulton Street in honor of the inventor. Fulton Market - across the street from Schermerhorn Row - first opened in 1822. The current Fulton Market building is the fourth to both share the location and name. The historic Fulton Fish Market dates back to 1835.
[Ref: 45840] £650.00
![[City Hall, New York]](jpegs/45585.jpg)
[City Hall, New York] Das Stadthaus in New-York
[Anon., c.1850]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a view of the City Hall and surroundings in New York, surrounded by eleven vignettes including view of Niagara Falls, Saratoga and the Mississippi.
[Ref: 45585] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1850]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a view of the City Hall and surroundings in New York, surrounded by eleven vignettes including view of Niagara Falls, Saratoga and the Mississippi.
[Ref: 45585] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
New York Bay. From Bay Ridge L.I.
F.F. Palmer Del. Lith. of Currier & Ives.
New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern Dist.t of N.Y.
Lithograph, printed area 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Tear in title area repaired.
Important sights named in titled area. Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812-76, often referred to as Fanny Palmer) and her husband ran a lithography business in England, often printing Fanny's paintings. They emigrated to the States in the early 1840s and continued the business. However it failed c.1849 and Nathaniel Currier took over their stock, retaining Fanny as an artist. Between 1849 and 1868 she produced about two hundred images for Currier and then Currier & Ives.
[Ref: 45832] £1,350.00
F.F. Palmer Del. Lith. of Currier & Ives.
New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1860, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Southern Dist.t of N.Y.
Lithograph, printed area 420 x 515mm (16½ x 20¼"). Tear in title area repaired.
Important sights named in titled area. Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812-76, often referred to as Fanny Palmer) and her husband ran a lithography business in England, often printing Fanny's paintings. They emigrated to the States in the early 1840s and continued the business. However it failed c.1849 and Nathaniel Currier took over their stock, retaining Fanny as an artist. Between 1849 and 1868 she produced about two hundred images for Currier and then Currier & Ives.
[Ref: 45832] £1,350.00
View of the Great Fire in New-York. Dec.r 16th & 17th, 1835. As Seen from the Top of The Bank of America Cor. of Wall & Wm St. [&] A View of the Ruins after the Great Fire in New-York. Dec.r 16th & 17th, 1835. As Seen from Exchange Place.
Painted by N. Calyo. Engraved by W.J. Bennett. [&] N. Calyo, Pinx.t. Eng.d by W.J. Bennett.
Published by L.P. Clover, New York. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1836 by L.P. Clover in the office of the Southern District.
Pair of coloured aquatints. Sheets 495 x 650mm (19½ x 25½") & 495 x 660mm (19½ x 26"). Trimmed within plate mark, laid on board.
Two scenes of the catastrophic fire in New York by Nicolino Calyo, an Italian artist who had emigrated from Italy in 1834 and was an eyewitness to these events. The following day 'The Herald' wrote, with typical hyberbole: 'Talk not to us of the burning of Moscow - the property there lost, was nothing in comparison to that yesterday in New York. The great fire in London is equally unimportant [...] We state here, in the mass, that nearly twenty blocks of valuable buildings are destroyed - five hundred and twenty-nine rich stores [...] all involving a ruin of two thousand merchants, half a dozen of Insurance Companies-and turning out of employment probably five or eight thousand persons, in the capacity of clerks, porters, carmen, &c. &c. The value of the property is variously estimated at from fifteen to fifty millions of dollars'. When advertising these prints the publisher, Lewis P. Clover, the publisher, wrote: 'These beautiful ruins are fast disappearing, and in a few months no vestige of them will be left: in a few years, they will linger as a dream in the memory of the present generation, and the recollection of the most disastrous fire that ever befell this city will, like all earthly things, pass into oblivion'. These ruins include (Bank of America): the Fulton Insurance Company, the New York American building & The Merchants' Exchange; (Exchange Place) Old Garden Street Church.
The Herald: http://archive.is/c6LOk
[Ref: 32564] £1,600.00 view all images for this item
Painted by N. Calyo. Engraved by W.J. Bennett. [&] N. Calyo, Pinx.t. Eng.d by W.J. Bennett.
Published by L.P. Clover, New York. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1836 by L.P. Clover in the office of the Southern District.
Pair of coloured aquatints. Sheets 495 x 650mm (19½ x 25½") & 495 x 660mm (19½ x 26"). Trimmed within plate mark, laid on board.
Two scenes of the catastrophic fire in New York by Nicolino Calyo, an Italian artist who had emigrated from Italy in 1834 and was an eyewitness to these events. The following day 'The Herald' wrote, with typical hyberbole: 'Talk not to us of the burning of Moscow - the property there lost, was nothing in comparison to that yesterday in New York. The great fire in London is equally unimportant [...] We state here, in the mass, that nearly twenty blocks of valuable buildings are destroyed - five hundred and twenty-nine rich stores [...] all involving a ruin of two thousand merchants, half a dozen of Insurance Companies-and turning out of employment probably five or eight thousand persons, in the capacity of clerks, porters, carmen, &c. &c. The value of the property is variously estimated at from fifteen to fifty millions of dollars'. When advertising these prints the publisher, Lewis P. Clover, the publisher, wrote: 'These beautiful ruins are fast disappearing, and in a few months no vestige of them will be left: in a few years, they will linger as a dream in the memory of the present generation, and the recollection of the most disastrous fire that ever befell this city will, like all earthly things, pass into oblivion'. These ruins include (Bank of America): the Fulton Insurance Company, the New York American building & The Merchants' Exchange; (Exchange Place) Old Garden Street Church.
The Herald: http://archive.is/c6LOk
[Ref: 32564] £1,600.00 view all images for this item
![[The Great Fall, Niagara.]](jpegs/39549.jpg)
[The Great Fall, Niagara.]
Mrs. Stenhouse, a memento of her old friend W. Forrest H.R.S.A. [In pencil below image to the right.]
Published by M. Knoedler & Co. New York. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875, by M. Knoedler & Co. in the office of the Librarian at Washington.
Engraving on India paper. Printed area: 255 x 555mm (8¾ x 21¾"). Sheet size: 490 x 765mm (19¼ x 30") large margins. Nicks and creasing to margins. Tear in right margin that stops just outside of the plate.
View of Niagara Falls with a faint rainbow seen at left. A lighthouse and houses can be seen on the shore in the background. Dark clouds are in the sky to the right. After American painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826 - 1900), a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters,.
[Ref: 39549] £480.00
Mrs. Stenhouse, a memento of her old friend W. Forrest H.R.S.A. [In pencil below image to the right.]
Published by M. Knoedler & Co. New York. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875, by M. Knoedler & Co. in the office of the Librarian at Washington.
Engraving on India paper. Printed area: 255 x 555mm (8¾ x 21¾"). Sheet size: 490 x 765mm (19¼ x 30") large margins. Nicks and creasing to margins. Tear in right margin that stops just outside of the plate.
View of Niagara Falls with a faint rainbow seen at left. A lighthouse and houses can be seen on the shore in the background. Dark clouds are in the sky to the right. After American painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826 - 1900), a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters,.
[Ref: 39549] £480.00
James Oglethorpe.
[after Samuel Ireland.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Foxing.
Sketched portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe (1696 - 1785), general, philanthropist, and colonist of Georgia, as sketched at Dr. Johnson's sale.
[Ref: 45649] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[after Samuel Ireland.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Etching. Sheet 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Foxing.
Sketched portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe (1696 - 1785), general, philanthropist, and colonist of Georgia, as sketched at Dr. Johnson's sale.
[Ref: 45649] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Hunter's Ottawa Scenery, in the vicinity of Ottowa City, Canada.
Lithographed by J.H. Burford Boston. [Plates drawn on Winslow Homer and John Perry Newell after drawings by William Stuart Hunter.]
Published by W.m S. Hunter Jr. Ottowa City Canada West, 1855. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by W.S. Hunter Jr. in the Clerks office of the district court of Mass.
Book. First edition. 14 lithograph plates, with folding map. Small folio, cloth binding, 260 x 345mm (10¼ x 13½"). Front board loose. Paper toning and foxing. Boards rubbed.
A series of fourteen plates depicting views around Ottawa with explanatory text and a folding map of the are. The plates include views of Rideau Falls, Views from Barrack Hill, Chaudiere Falls etc. Some plates such as 'View of Locks' drawn on stone by well-known American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), his work in this series was his earliest illustration work.
[Ref: 42430] £1,300.00 view all images for this item
Lithographed by J.H. Burford Boston. [Plates drawn on Winslow Homer and John Perry Newell after drawings by William Stuart Hunter.]
Published by W.m S. Hunter Jr. Ottowa City Canada West, 1855. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by W.S. Hunter Jr. in the Clerks office of the district court of Mass.
Book. First edition. 14 lithograph plates, with folding map. Small folio, cloth binding, 260 x 345mm (10¼ x 13½"). Front board loose. Paper toning and foxing. Boards rubbed.
A series of fourteen plates depicting views around Ottawa with explanatory text and a folding map of the are. The plates include views of Rideau Falls, Views from Barrack Hill, Chaudiere Falls etc. Some plates such as 'View of Locks' drawn on stone by well-known American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), his work in this series was his earliest illustration work.
[Ref: 42430] £1,300.00 view all images for this item
![[Pampas Fox] Azara's Fox.](jpegs/45775.jpg)
[Pampas Fox] Azara's Fox. Canis Azaræ.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
The Pampas Fox from the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, etc. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45775] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Backing card spotted.
The Pampas Fox from the pampas of Argentina, Uruguay, etc. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45775] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Der bassan'sche Pelikan - Mannchen. Pelecanus bassanus. Lin.
von J.C. Susemihl Sen: gemahlt gestochen und unter dessen aussicht gedruckt und illuminet.
[Darmstadt, 1805.]
Engraving with original hand colour, 18th century watermark. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), large margins.
A pelican, drawn, engraved and coloured by Johann Conrad Susemihl (1767-1847) for his 'Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen', produced in collaboration with his brother, Johann Theodore, and later his son, Eduard. The 'Teutsche Ornithologie' was an attempt to produce a German equivalent to the works of Levaillant and Barraband.
[Ref: 45661] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
von J.C. Susemihl Sen: gemahlt gestochen und unter dessen aussicht gedruckt und illuminet.
[Darmstadt, 1805.]
Engraving with original hand colour, 18th century watermark. 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"), large margins.
A pelican, drawn, engraved and coloured by Johann Conrad Susemihl (1767-1847) for his 'Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen', produced in collaboration with his brother, Johann Theodore, and later his son, Eduard. The 'Teutsche Ornithologie' was an attempt to produce a German equivalent to the works of Levaillant and Barraband.
[Ref: 45661] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Lima.
R.Elwes del et lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph, printed area 130 x 180mm (5 x 7").
Lima, capital of Peru by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45591] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
R.Elwes del et lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph, printed area 130 x 180mm (5 x 7").
Lima, capital of Peru by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45591] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Minister turn'd Admiral, or the Surrender of the Castles. Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine.
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, Nov.r 1. 1792.
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Some foxing.
William Pitt takes the keys to the Cinque Ports, having been made Lord Warden at a salary of £3,000.
BM: 8128.
[Ref: 45669] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Published by W. & J. Stratford, No 112 Holborn Hill, Nov.r 1. 1792.
Engraving. 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Some foxing.
William Pitt takes the keys to the Cinque Ports, having been made Lord Warden at a salary of £3,000.
BM: 8128.
[Ref: 45669] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Etat malheureux de Quebeck et de la Surveillante Vaiseau de Guerre Francois.
Rich.d Paton Pinx.t, Gravé par Balth. Fredric Leizelt.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 385mm (10 x 15"). Trimmed into surtitle and publication inscription, laid on album paper.
The October 6, 1779 engagement between HMS Quebec and the French frigate Surveillante off Ushant (Ouessant) in France, during the American Revolutionary War. Both ships were heavily damaged, and the battle concluded when the Quebec exploded. 'The Quebec frigate, Captain George Farmer, in company with the Rambler cutter, while cruising off Brest fell in with the Surveillante, and after a determined action caught fire and blew up. Captain Farmer and about one hundred men perished.'
[Ref: 45838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rich.d Paton Pinx.t, Gravé par Balth. Fredric Leizelt.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 275 x 385mm (10 x 15"). Trimmed into surtitle and publication inscription, laid on album paper.
The October 6, 1779 engagement between HMS Quebec and the French frigate Surveillante off Ushant (Ouessant) in France, during the American Revolutionary War. Both ships were heavily damaged, and the battle concluded when the Quebec exploded. 'The Quebec frigate, Captain George Farmer, in company with the Rambler cutter, while cruising off Brest fell in with the Surveillante, and after a determined action caught fire and blew up. Captain Farmer and about one hundred men perished.'
[Ref: 45838] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Ringtail] The Bassaris.](jpegs/45777.jpg)
[The Ringtail] The Bassaris. Bassaris Astuta.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A ring-tailed cat, a member of the racoon family, native to south-west North America. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45777] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A ring-tailed cat, a member of the racoon family, native to south-west North America. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45777] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Rocky Mount Sheep. Ovis Montana, Richardson
Drawn and engraved by W.H.Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving, rare. Sheet 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Wear to edges.
A large format engraving of a female Rocky Mountain Sheep, not from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library'.
[Ref: 45660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and engraved by W.H.Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving, rare. Sheet 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Wear to edges.
A large format engraving of a female Rocky Mountain Sheep, not from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library'.
[Ref: 45660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Colonel Tal. P. Shaffner, LL.D. &c. Projector of the North Atlantic Telegraph.
Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall.
[n.d., c.1860]
Engraved. Sheet: 270 x 170mm (11 x 7"). Trimmed.
A three-quater length portrait of Col. Taliaferro Preston Shaffner (1811-1881) an American inventor and entrepreneur who supported telegraphy when it was in its infancy.
[Ref: 45809] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall.
[n.d., c.1860]
Engraved. Sheet: 270 x 170mm (11 x 7"). Trimmed.
A three-quater length portrait of Col. Taliaferro Preston Shaffner (1811-1881) an American inventor and entrepreneur who supported telegraphy when it was in its infancy.
[Ref: 45809] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk] The Patagonian Skunk.](jpegs/45778.jpg)
[Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk] The Patagonian Skunk. Mephitis Humboldtii.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
Also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45778] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
Also known as the Patagonian hog-nosed skunk. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45778] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Plantation House, St Helena. The Residence of the Governor.
From Nature by Lieut. F.R. Stack _Chas. Haghe lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by Day & Son, 17 Gate Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London. [1859.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 285 x 370mm (11¼ x 14½"). Tears in top margin.
The last plate of Lieutenant Frederick Rice Stack's 'Souvenir of the Emperor Napoleon, consisting of six drawings made in the Island of Saint Helena..' Stack is known to have served with the Saint Helena regiment as a Lieutenant from January 1842 until he was promoted to Captain on 5 August 1853. He transferred to the 65th regiment and subsequently served in New Zealand from 1857 until 1862. He is now perhaps best known for his 'Views in the Province of Auckland, New Zealand'.
Abbey Travel: 319.
[Ref: 45626] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
From Nature by Lieut. F.R. Stack _Chas. Haghe lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen.
Published by Day & Son, 17 Gate Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London. [1859.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 285 x 370mm (11¼ x 14½"). Tears in top margin.
The last plate of Lieutenant Frederick Rice Stack's 'Souvenir of the Emperor Napoleon, consisting of six drawings made in the Island of Saint Helena..' Stack is known to have served with the Saint Helena regiment as a Lieutenant from January 1842 until he was promoted to Captain on 5 August 1853. He transferred to the 65th regiment and subsequently served in New Zealand from 1857 until 1862. He is now perhaps best known for his 'Views in the Province of Auckland, New Zealand'.
Abbey Travel: 319.
[Ref: 45626] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
An Affair of Retaliation upon the Island Formosa.
[London, 1790.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet 255 x 205mm (10 x 7"). Trimmed within plate binding, creased.
A plate from 'Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky', the highly-fictionalised autobiography of Móric Benyovszky (1746-86). Although he was Hungarian he was fighting for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russians when he was captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Kamchatka. There he stole a ship and sailed south, landing in Japan, Taiwan (where three of the crew were killed during a fight with native islanders) and Macao, from where the survivors took passage to France.
[Ref: 45639] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London, 1790.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet 255 x 205mm (10 x 7"). Trimmed within plate binding, creased.
A plate from 'Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky', the highly-fictionalised autobiography of Móric Benyovszky (1746-86). Although he was Hungarian he was fighting for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russians when he was captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Kamchatka. There he stole a ship and sailed south, landing in Japan, Taiwan (where three of the crew were killed during a fight with native islanders) and Macao, from where the survivors took passage to France.
[Ref: 45639] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Tree of Reformation, Representative of the London Reformatory Institution for Adult Male Criminals, G.t Smith Street, Westminster.
Drawn by William Carter, Inmate.
Feb 19th 1853.
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet 530 x 345mm (20¾ x 13½"). A few nicks in edges. Dusty.
An allegorical scene, with the inmates climbing the tree, marked from 'Probation' at ground level, past '1 Month' to '11 Months', 'Emigration' and, finally, 'America'. Some climbers fall, others end on the wrong branch.
[Ref: 45624] £380.00
Drawn by William Carter, Inmate.
Feb 19th 1853.
Lithograph, scarce. Sheet 530 x 345mm (20¾ x 13½"). A few nicks in edges. Dusty.
An allegorical scene, with the inmates climbing the tree, marked from 'Probation' at ground level, past '1 Month' to '11 Months', 'Emigration' and, finally, 'America'. Some climbers fall, others end on the wrong branch.
[Ref: 45624] £380.00
![[Uncle Tom's Cabin.] ''Poor Topsy! Why Need You Steel''.](jpegs/45637.jpg)
[Uncle Tom's Cabin.] ''Poor Topsy! Why Need You Steel''. ''There stood the two children representatives of their races; the Saxon, born of centuries of cultivationm command, education, physical and moral eminence; the Africborn of ages of oppression, submission, ignorance, toil and vice.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph glued within an embossed gilt and blue scrap border. Border 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Lithograph varnished.
A very decorative & unique scene from Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
[Ref: 45637] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph glued within an embossed gilt and blue scrap border. Border 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Lithograph varnished.
A very decorative & unique scene from Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
[Ref: 45637] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
White Sulphur Springs. Album of Virginia.
Taken from Nature by Ed. Beyer. Rau & Son, Lith. Dresden.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed. Beyer in the Clerks Office of the District of Virginia.
Tinted lithograph, rare. 355 x 510mm (14 x 20"). Small tear in right edge, small stain in sky.
White Sulphur Springs, a city in Greenbrier County, now West Virginia, which became popular as a summer retreat because of its elevation of 1,800 feet. As early as 1778 people came to 'take the waters' of the sulphur spring and the resort of 'Greenbriar' evolved from the 1850s. The oldest organized golf club in the country is the nearby Oakhurst Links, founded in 1884. The German artist Edward Beyer traveled through the US between l848 and l857. His 'Album of Virginia' recorded Virginia's landscape, especially spa towns, in the decade before the Civil War.
[Ref: 35462] £650.00
Taken from Nature by Ed. Beyer. Rau & Son, Lith. Dresden.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed. Beyer in the Clerks Office of the District of Virginia.
Tinted lithograph, rare. 355 x 510mm (14 x 20"). Small tear in right edge, small stain in sky.
White Sulphur Springs, a city in Greenbrier County, now West Virginia, which became popular as a summer retreat because of its elevation of 1,800 feet. As early as 1778 people came to 'take the waters' of the sulphur spring and the resort of 'Greenbriar' evolved from the 1850s. The oldest organized golf club in the country is the nearby Oakhurst Links, founded in 1884. The German artist Edward Beyer traveled through the US between l848 and l857. His 'Album of Virginia' recorded Virginia's landscape, especially spa towns, in the decade before the Civil War.
[Ref: 35462] £650.00
![[James William Wallack.]](jpegs/45638.jpg)
[James William Wallack.]
Baugniel 1849.
Fine & rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 415 x 305mm (16¼ x 12"). Trimmed, creased.
Seated portrait of actor and manager James William Wallack (c. 1794-1864). Born in London, he performed at Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatre, before spending more time in America. He conducted the New York National Theatre from 1837 and, after permanently settling in the U.S. in 1852, bought Brougham's Lyceum, renaming it Wallack's Lyceum. In 1861 he built a new Wallack's Theatre at 13th Street and Broadway.
[Ref: 45638] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Baugniel 1849.
Fine & rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 415 x 305mm (16¼ x 12"). Trimmed, creased.
Seated portrait of actor and manager James William Wallack (c. 1794-1864). Born in London, he performed at Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatre, before spending more time in America. He conducted the New York National Theatre from 1837 and, after permanently settling in the U.S. in 1852, bought Brougham's Lyceum, renaming it Wallack's Lyceum. In 1861 he built a new Wallack's Theatre at 13th Street and Broadway.
[Ref: 45638] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Walrus. Trichecus Rosmarus.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A colony of walruses on a beach. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45779] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A colony of walruses on a beach. From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 45779] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Westindien un Guyana Marktplatz in Paramaribo [...]
[Anon., c.1850]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a scene of the market in Paramaribo (now the capital of Surinam) surrounded by ten vignettes including views of Martinique, Surinam and Cuba.
[Ref: 45582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1850]
Engraving, platemark 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½") very large margins.
Plate from a German travel volume with a scene of the market in Paramaribo (now the capital of Surinam) surrounded by ten vignettes including views of Martinique, Surinam and Cuba.
[Ref: 45582] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Westminster Abbey] North Area.](jpegs/45642.jpg)
[Westminster Abbey] North Area.
T. Uwins del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
Publish'd 1 Sept.r 1812 for R. Ackermann's Westmin.r Abbey, at 101, Strand, London.
Coloured aquatint. 300 x 255mm (11¾ x 10"), large margins.
An illustration of the monuments in Westminster Abbey, dominated by the memorial to Major-General James Wolfe by Joseph Wilton.
[Ref: 45642] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
T. Uwins del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
Publish'd 1 Sept.r 1812 for R. Ackermann's Westmin.r Abbey, at 101, Strand, London.
Coloured aquatint. 300 x 255mm (11¾ x 10"), large margins.
An illustration of the monuments in Westminster Abbey, dominated by the memorial to Major-General James Wolfe by Joseph Wilton.
[Ref: 45642] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant.](jpegs/45348.jpg)
[John Wilkes] The Patriots deceived, or Townsend triumphant. Vol. IV. No. XXXIII.
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
[Ref: 45348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[London: A. Hamilton, November 1772.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
John Wilkes, carrying the Cap of Liberty, is prevented entering his carriage by James Townsend, Lord Mayor of London. In the election of 1772 Wilkes had come first in the polls but Sheriff Richard Oliver manipulated the voting process to give Townend the position, leading to riots. From the Town and Country Magazine.
[Ref: 45348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)