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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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View of the Great Wall of China, called Van-Lee-Tching, or Wall of Ten Thousand Lee taken near the pass of Cou-Pe-Koo.
Drawn by W. Alexander, from a sketch by H. W. Parish. Medland sculp.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 505 x 360mm. (19¾ x 14¼"). Watermark J. Whatman 1794.
A view showing the Great Wall of China within a mountainous landscape, with a fort in the left foreground, and others at intervals along the way. Plate 24 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55446] £450.00
Drawn by W. Alexander, from a sketch by H. W. Parish. Medland sculp.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 505 x 360mm. (19¾ x 14¼"). Watermark J. Whatman 1794.
A view showing the Great Wall of China within a mountainous landscape, with a fort in the left foreground, and others at intervals along the way. Plate 24 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55446] £450.00
Chinese Military drawn out in Compliment to the British Embassador.
W. Alexander del. B. T. Pouncey sculp.t.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving very large margins. On watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman 1794.' Platemark: 395 x 300mm. (15½ x 12"). A little damaged at centre fold, faint mount burn.
A scene of soldiers on parade before a fortified city, as a flotilla passes by. On one junk a European ca be seen sitting with a sketchbook, perhaps William Alexander. Plate 18 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55443] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W. Alexander del. B. T. Pouncey sculp.t.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving very large margins. On watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman 1794.' Platemark: 395 x 300mm. (15½ x 12"). A little damaged at centre fold, faint mount burn.
A scene of soldiers on parade before a fortified city, as a flotilla passes by. On one junk a European ca be seen sitting with a sketchbook, perhaps William Alexander. Plate 18 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55443] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Chinese Barges of the Embassy passing through a Sluice on the Grand Canal.
W. Alexander del.t. B.T. Pouncy sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796, by G.Nicol.
Engraving with hand colour 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼"). Slight crease through lower right corner of plate, faint mount burn.
A scene depicting three barges on a canal, with a sluice gate in the centre, a pagoda and battlemented walls on the left bank. A number of figures can be seen on the banks of the canal, including two, smoking in the foreground. Plate 35 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55442] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
W. Alexander del.t. B.T. Pouncy sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796, by G.Nicol.
Engraving with hand colour 300 x 390mm (11¾ x 15¼"). Slight crease through lower right corner of plate, faint mount burn.
A scene depicting three barges on a canal, with a sluice gate in the centre, a pagoda and battlemented walls on the left bank. A number of figures can be seen on the banks of the canal, including two, smoking in the foreground. Plate 35 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55442] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Tchin-Shan, or Golden Island inthe Yang-Tse-Kiang, or Great River of China.
W. Alexander del.t. Wilson sculp.t.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, very large margins. Platemark: 495 x 360mm. (19¼ x 14¼"). Very slight foxing in sky.
A view of an island with two principle peaks, dotted with buildings, including a tall pagoda to the right. In the foreground several vessels on the water, including a two-masted ship to left. In the centre boat a European sits sketching, probably William Alexander, the official artist of the Macartney expedition. Plate 39 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55445] £350.00
W. Alexander del.t. Wilson sculp.t.
London, published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, very large margins. Platemark: 495 x 360mm. (19¼ x 14¼"). Very slight foxing in sky.
A view of an island with two principle peaks, dotted with buildings, including a tall pagoda to the right. In the foreground several vessels on the water, including a two-masted ship to left. In the centre boat a European sits sketching, probably William Alexander, the official artist of the Macartney expedition. Plate 39 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 55445] £350.00
Mountebank,
W. Milton sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 100 x 175mm (4 x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A Chinese seller of fake medicines, from Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53243] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
W. Milton sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 100 x 175mm (4 x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A Chinese seller of fake medicines, from Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53243] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Musical Instruments.
A. Freschi sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 100 x 175mm (4 x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Musical instruments including a fish drum, from Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53250] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
A. Freschi sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 100 x 175mm (4 x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Musical instruments including a fish drum, from Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53250] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Musical Instruments.
A. Freschi sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 100 x 175mm (4 x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper, old ink mss. plate number at side.
Including drums and stringed instruments. From Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53242] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
A. Freschi sculpsit.
[London: John Stockdale, 1812.]
Stipple and line engraving, with original hand colour. Sheet 100 x 175mm (4 x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper, old ink mss. plate number at side.
Including drums and stringed instruments. From Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton De La Martinière's four-volume ''China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. Edited Principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: With Observations Explanatory, Historical, and Literary''.
Abbey Travel 536.
[Ref: 53242] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nan'an] Nangan. [&] A Chinese Sepulcher.](jpegs/58668.jpg)
[Nan'an] Nangan. [&] A Chinese Sepulcher.
[Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Two etchings, mounted on album paper back to back. Each sheet c.105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾") Trimmed to plate.
Two views: a view of a junk on a river at Nan'an, a suburb of Ganzhou; and a view of a tomb cut into the side of a hill, with a funeral procession. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johann Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1159 & 2389.
[Ref: 58668] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Two etchings, mounted on album paper back to back. Each sheet c.105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾") Trimmed to plate.
Two views: a view of a junk on a river at Nan'an, a suburb of Ganzhou; and a view of a tomb cut into the side of a hill, with a funeral procession. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johann Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1159 & 2389.
[Ref: 58668] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing]](jpegs/33408.jpg)
[The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing] Der berühmte Sinesische Tempel, nahe bey der Statt Nan King [...]
J.B.F. v. E. delin:
[Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to margins only.
Porcelain tower on the bank of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China, built during the Ming dynasty. It was reconstructed after extensive damage in the 19th century. Plate from Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
[Ref: 33408] £650.00
J.B.F. v. E. delin:
[Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to margins only.
Porcelain tower on the bank of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China, built during the Ming dynasty. It was reconstructed after extensive damage in the 19th century. Plate from Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
[Ref: 33408] £650.00
Vuë de la Ruë des Marchants Chinoises a Nankin.
Gravé par F.X.Habermann apres Neuhoff.
Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imperiale at avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies. [n.d., c.1770.]
Fine coloured engraving. 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾"). Tear in top margin, laid on album paper.
A vue d'optique of a shopping street in Nanjing, after Jan Nieuhoff, who travelled to China in 1656 as part of the Dutch embassy to Beijing.
[Ref: 55449] £460.00
Gravé par F.X.Habermann apres Neuhoff.
Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imperiale at avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies. [n.d., c.1770.]
Fine coloured engraving. 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾"). Tear in top margin, laid on album paper.
A vue d'optique of a shopping street in Nanjing, after Jan Nieuhoff, who travelled to China in 1656 as part of the Dutch embassy to Beijing.
[Ref: 55449] £460.00
![[The Porcelain Tower, Nanjing.]](jpegs/55454.jpg)
[The Porcelain Tower, Nanjing.]
W.H. [Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Etching. 220 x 310mm (8¾ x 12¼"). Narrow top margin, nicks in edges.
A view of Da Bao'en Si, the famed Porcelain Tower in Nanjing, built of porcelain bricks in the C15th, during the Ming Dynasty, destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion, 1856. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johann Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1166. Probably I of II.
[Ref: 55454] £490.00
W.H. [Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1669.]
Etching. 220 x 310mm (8¾ x 12¼"). Narrow top margin, nicks in edges.
A view of Da Bao'en Si, the famed Porcelain Tower in Nanjing, built of porcelain bricks in the C15th, during the Ming Dynasty, destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion, 1856. Etched by Wenceslaus Hollar for John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces', the first English edition of Johann Nieuhof's account of the embassy.
Pennington 1166. Probably I of II.
[Ref: 55454] £490.00
Prospect of the Porcelane Tower at Nan King in China. Engraved for Millar's New, Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Sparrow sculp.
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 190 x 285mm. 7½ x 11¼".
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, China. Built in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty. Built with white porcelain bricks in the early 15th century, it was often listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World. It was destroyed in the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), but reconstruction work has begun recently. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16686] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Sparrow sculp.
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 190 x 285mm. 7½ x 11¼".
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, China. Built in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty. Built with white porcelain bricks in the early 15th century, it was often listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World. It was destroyed in the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), but reconstruction work has begun recently. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16686] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The City of Nan-Kin from Nieuhof. Plate 6. No.4 page.8.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12''). Small margins.
A view of Nanjing in China. After an illustration in Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition c. 1670.
[Ref: 49905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12''). Small margins.
A view of Nanjing in China. After an illustration in Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition c. 1670.
[Ref: 49905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The City of Nan-Kin from Nieuhof. Plate 6. No.4 page.8.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12'').
A view of Nanjing in China. After an illustration in Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition c. 1670.
[Ref: 49907] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 200 x 310mm (8 x 12'').
A view of Nanjing in China. After an illustration in Jan Nieuhoff's account of first embassy of the Dutch East India Company to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition c. 1670.
[Ref: 49907] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Nankin and the Porcelain Tower, approached by the Creek from the Yang-tse Keang River.
From a sketch by Captn. J. Clark Kennedy, 18th. Royal Irish, Sept. 1842. Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. Strang, 20th July, 1844.
Lithograph. 286 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15".
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, China. Built in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty.
[Ref: 16125] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
From a sketch by Captn. J. Clark Kennedy, 18th. Royal Irish, Sept. 1842. Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen.
London, Published by Ackermann & Co. Strang, 20th July, 1844.
Lithograph. 286 x 380mm. 11¼ x 15".
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, China. Built in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty.
[Ref: 16125] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Porcelain Tower, Nanking.]](jpegs/8388.jpg)
[Porcelain Tower, Nanking.]
.
[n.d., c.1843].
Engraving, 230 x 295mm. A very fine proof before letters on large paper, of 8387. Some foxing around image.
A procession of people passing the tower in Nanking (Nanjing).
[Ref: 8388] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
.
[n.d., c.1843].
Engraving, 230 x 295mm. A very fine proof before letters on large paper, of 8387. Some foxing around image.
A procession of people passing the tower in Nanking (Nanjing).
[Ref: 8388] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nanking from the Porcelain Tower.]](jpegs/26724.jpg)
[Nanking from the Porcelain Tower.]
[Drawn by Thomas Allom.]
[Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. n.d., c.1843.]
Proof engraving on india, very large margins, uncut. 210 x 280mm, 8 x 11". Some foxing.
A view looking down on Nanking (Nanjing) from the famous Porcelain Tower. In 1856 the Taiping destroyed the pagoda to stop their enemies using it to guide the shelling of the city. From Thomas Allon's 'China Illustrated'
[Ref: 26724] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Thomas Allom.]
[Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. n.d., c.1843.]
Proof engraving on india, very large margins, uncut. 210 x 280mm, 8 x 11". Some foxing.
A view looking down on Nanking (Nanjing) from the famous Porcelain Tower. In 1856 the Taiping destroyed the pagoda to stop their enemies using it to guide the shelling of the city. From Thomas Allon's 'China Illustrated'
[Ref: 26724] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Nanking.
[Anon., c.1700]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾") very large margins. Central fold as issued.
The city of Nanjing, China.
[Ref: 45175] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1700]
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 195 x 300mm (7¾ x 11¾") very large margins. Central fold as issued.
The city of Nanjing, China.
[Ref: 45175] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
China Taf. II. Kaiserliches Lustschloss bei Nanking.
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of the Emperor's Palace in Nanking, includes a tea image. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49761] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of the Emperor's Palace in Nanking, includes a tea image. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49761] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
China Taf. II. Kaiserliches Lustschloss bei Nanking.
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving with hand colour. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of the Emperor's Palace in Nanking, includes a tea image. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49757] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving with hand colour. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of the Emperor's Palace in Nanking, includes a tea image. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49757] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![Iamcesu. Jamcesu. Vue de Iamcesu [reversed above image].](jpegs/55448.jpg)
Iamcesu. Jamcesu. Vue de Iamcesu [reversed above image].
Gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comm de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendere les Copies. [n.d., c.1770.]
Hand coloured engraving. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Some creasing, marginal repairs, repaired tear through lower right corner of plate. Old ink Dutch mss in lower margin.
A vüe-d'optique view of a city in Nanking province, China, engraved in reverse to be viewed through an optical viewer called a zograscope, which gave added perspective. From a 'Collection des Prospects' by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721 - 1796), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, Germany.
[Ref: 55448] £350.00
Gravé par Francois Xav. Habermann.
Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comm de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendere les Copies. [n.d., c.1770.]
Hand coloured engraving. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16¼"). Some creasing, marginal repairs, repaired tear through lower right corner of plate. Old ink Dutch mss in lower margin.
A vüe-d'optique view of a city in Nanking province, China, engraved in reverse to be viewed through an optical viewer called a zograscope, which gave added perspective. From a 'Collection des Prospects' by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721 - 1796), engraver and publisher in Augsburg, Germany.
[Ref: 55448] £350.00
China Taf. III. Der Potzellanthurm zu Nanking.
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of the Porcelain Tower in Kanking, including views of Whampoa and Macao. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49759] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of the Porcelain Tower in Kanking, including views of Whampoa and Macao. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49759] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)
Chinese Naval Engagment. From an Original Painting done in China in the Possession of John Duncan Esq.r.
Thornthwaite Sc.
Published by Dr. Trusler Jan.y. 1790.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8"x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
Scene showing a Chinese naval battle.
[Ref: 32058] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Thornthwaite Sc.
Published by Dr. Trusler Jan.y. 1790.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8"x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
Scene showing a Chinese naval battle.
[Ref: 32058] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[The reception of the Dutch ambassadors at the Imperial Palace, Peking.]](jpegs/55447.jpg)
[The reception of the Dutch ambassadors at the Imperial Palace, Peking.]
[London, John Ogilby, c.1667.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 290 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Paper toned. Small margins.
The reception of the ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company in China, an illustration from Johan Nieuhof's account of his travels in China with the Dutch East India Company, 1665-7. This example comes from John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China', first published 1667, using plates from Olfert Dapper's 'Atlas Chinensis' with the English words added to the title. A later edition was published 1698.
[Ref: 55447] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[London, John Ogilby, c.1667.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 290 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Paper toned. Small margins.
The reception of the ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company in China, an illustration from Johan Nieuhof's account of his travels in China with the Dutch East India Company, 1665-7. This example comes from John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China', first published 1667, using plates from Olfert Dapper's 'Atlas Chinensis' with the English words added to the title. A later edition was published 1698.
[Ref: 55447] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Opium Smokers and Gamblers. In one of their nightly haunts.
Drawn on the Spot by Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t. On Stone by J.H. Lynch.
London Pub.d May 18 1842 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, Printsellers to Her Majesty, to the Queen Dowager, to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, &c, 23, Cockspur S.t.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 355 x 430mm (14 x 17"), large margins on three sides. Bit dusty
The interior of a Chinese opium den. Sir Harry Darell (1814-53), Baronet of Richmond Hill, entered the army as an ensign in the 18th Foot in 1832, becoming lieutenant in 1835. During the First Opium War he was aide-de-camp of Brigadier-General Burrell of the 18th Irish Regiment: he was present at a conference between J.J.Gordon Bremer and Admiral Chang on board HMS Wellesley (4th July 1840, subject of a lithograph by Darell also published 1842, which includes a self-portrait), just prior to the Taking of Chusan, at which he fought. He was promoted to Captain in 1841. He then served in South Africa with the 7th Dragoon Guards, being promoted to Major in 1847, then Lieut-Colonel by brevet the following year. He died in Sardinia. Although he published 'China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity. A Series of Thirteen Treble-Tinted Views from Sketches by Lieut.-Col. Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t', this plate predates the book by a decade. This plate seems to be a pair to his view of the Chusan Conference.
[Ref: 61234] £550.00
Drawn on the Spot by Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t. On Stone by J.H. Lynch.
London Pub.d May 18 1842 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, Printsellers to Her Majesty, to the Queen Dowager, to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, &c, 23, Cockspur S.t.
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 355 x 430mm (14 x 17"), large margins on three sides. Bit dusty
The interior of a Chinese opium den. Sir Harry Darell (1814-53), Baronet of Richmond Hill, entered the army as an ensign in the 18th Foot in 1832, becoming lieutenant in 1835. During the First Opium War he was aide-de-camp of Brigadier-General Burrell of the 18th Irish Regiment: he was present at a conference between J.J.Gordon Bremer and Admiral Chang on board HMS Wellesley (4th July 1840, subject of a lithograph by Darell also published 1842, which includes a self-portrait), just prior to the Taking of Chusan, at which he fought. He was promoted to Captain in 1841. He then served in South Africa with the 7th Dragoon Guards, being promoted to Major in 1847, then Lieut-Colonel by brevet the following year. He died in Sardinia. Although he published 'China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity. A Series of Thirteen Treble-Tinted Views from Sketches by Lieut.-Col. Sir Harry Darell, Bar.t', this plate predates the book by a decade. This plate seems to be a pair to his view of the Chusan Conference.
[Ref: 61234] £550.00
Guerre De Chine. Debarquement Dans La Riviere De Peh-Tang. Le 1er. Aout 1860. Entree et prise de possession du fort et du village le 2 Aout.
Lith. de Haguenthal, Pont-a-Mousson. Comp. et Lith. par G.C. de Fortavion.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 470mm. 12¼ x 18½". Chipped and tatty left edge.
In the summer of 1860, an Anglo-French force with 173 ships sailed from Hong Kong and captured the Chinese port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf. Then they carried out a landing near at Bei Tang (also spelled Pei Tang), some 3 kilometres from the Dagu Fort on 3 August, which they captured after three weeks on 21 August. From a series of scenes illustrating The Second Opium War, a war of the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China from 1856-1860. The French commander was Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin Montauban, comte de Palikao (1796 - 1878).
[Ref: 10419] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de Haguenthal, Pont-a-Mousson. Comp. et Lith. par G.C. de Fortavion.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 470mm. 12¼ x 18½". Chipped and tatty left edge.
In the summer of 1860, an Anglo-French force with 173 ships sailed from Hong Kong and captured the Chinese port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf. Then they carried out a landing near at Bei Tang (also spelled Pei Tang), some 3 kilometres from the Dagu Fort on 3 August, which they captured after three weeks on 21 August. From a series of scenes illustrating The Second Opium War, a war of the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China from 1856-1860. The French commander was Charles Guillaume Marie Appollinaire Antoine Cousin Montauban, comte de Palikao (1796 - 1878).
[Ref: 10419] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nine sketches of the campaign in China, 1857-8.]](jpegs/28129.jpg)
[Nine sketches of the campaign in China, 1857-8.]
HH Crealock del [four plates signed.]
[British, c.1857 (one plate dated).]
Nine scarce woodcut illustrations, eight of Chinese civilians, one showing an Indian soldier. Printed on a variety of wove and laid papers, four with printed captions. Various sizes, most approx. 25 x 20cm (10 x 8"). Some creasing and light soiling, nicks and small tears to extremities in places.
Lively semi-caricatured depictions - they might now be considered rather crude racial stereotypes - of Asian males and females, featuring a dog and a pig in two of the plates. Two of the sketches show barbers with cut-throat razors; one man is rowing a small boat. They all are evidently sketched from life and may have been printed on campaign from a local (portable?) press, using whatever paper was available. Henry Hope Crealock (1831-1891), soldier, artist and writer, saw active service in a number of fronts including the siege of Sevastopol, the operations at Canton in 1857-8 and the Indian campaigns of 1858 and 1859. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and his sketches of scenes in the Indian mutiny, the China campaign and the Anglo-Zulu War are valuable records of those events. In March 1857 he was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster-general to the China expeditionary force in the Second Opium War. He was present during the operations at Canton in December 1857 and January 1858. On 20 July 1858 he reached the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel. Later in his career, as major general, he commanded the 1st Division of the Army in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After retiring, he republished a series of anti-Russian articles as The Eastern Question in 1885.
[Ref: 28129] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
HH Crealock del [four plates signed.]
[British, c.1857 (one plate dated).]
Nine scarce woodcut illustrations, eight of Chinese civilians, one showing an Indian soldier. Printed on a variety of wove and laid papers, four with printed captions. Various sizes, most approx. 25 x 20cm (10 x 8"). Some creasing and light soiling, nicks and small tears to extremities in places.
Lively semi-caricatured depictions - they might now be considered rather crude racial stereotypes - of Asian males and females, featuring a dog and a pig in two of the plates. Two of the sketches show barbers with cut-throat razors; one man is rowing a small boat. They all are evidently sketched from life and may have been printed on campaign from a local (portable?) press, using whatever paper was available. Henry Hope Crealock (1831-1891), soldier, artist and writer, saw active service in a number of fronts including the siege of Sevastopol, the operations at Canton in 1857-8 and the Indian campaigns of 1858 and 1859. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and his sketches of scenes in the Indian mutiny, the China campaign and the Anglo-Zulu War are valuable records of those events. In March 1857 he was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster-general to the China expeditionary force in the Second Opium War. He was present during the operations at Canton in December 1857 and January 1858. On 20 July 1858 he reached the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel. Later in his career, as major general, he commanded the 1st Division of the Army in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After retiring, he republished a series of anti-Russian articles as The Eastern Question in 1885.
[Ref: 28129] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
A View of a Pagan Temple.
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1748.]
Engraving. Plate 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13½") very large margins.
From 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels' by John Harris.
[Ref: 53071] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1748.]
Engraving. Plate 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13½") very large margins.
From 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels' by John Harris.
[Ref: 53071] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Temple of Pau Lin Shi from Nieuhof. No.114. Vo.3, Palte LII, p.413.
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 210mm (6 x 8¼'').
A view of the temple of Pau Lin Shi after the work of Nieuhof who produced some of the earliest views of China. This plate appears in 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels' published by Astley.
[Ref: 48761] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Basire sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 210mm (6 x 8¼'').
A view of the temple of Pau Lin Shi after the work of Nieuhof who produced some of the earliest views of China. This plate appears in 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels' published by Astley.
[Ref: 48761] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Attack and Capture of the Forts at the Entrance of the River Pei-Ho_ China on the 20th May 1858. By the Allied British and French Gun Boats and Boats of the Squadron in the Gulf of Pechili. Respectfully dedicated by permission to their Excellencies Rear Admiral Sir M. Seymout K.C.B. and Rear Admiral E. Reigault de Genouilby G.E.L.H. K.C.B.
From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith. Day & Son, Chromolith. to the Queen.
London Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 400 x 600mm (15¾ x 23½"). Image trimmed and laid on sheet with printed titles, as issued. A few knocks to edges.
In 1858 a British naval squadron with Royal Marines attempted to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, and were ignominiously defeated.
[Ref: 571] £360.00
From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith. Day & Son, Chromolith. to the Queen.
London Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 400 x 600mm (15¾ x 23½"). Image trimmed and laid on sheet with printed titles, as issued. A few knocks to edges.
In 1858 a British naval squadron with Royal Marines attempted to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, and were ignominiously defeated.
[Ref: 571] £360.00
Attack and Capture of the Forts at the Entrance of the River Pei-Ho_ China on the 20th May 1858. By the Allied British and French Gun Boats and Boats of the Squadron in the Gulf of Pechili. Respectfully dedicated by permission to their Excellencies Rear Admiral Sir M. Seymout K.C.B. and Rear Admiral E. Reigault de Genouilby G.E.L.H. K.C.B.
From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith. Day & Son, Chromolith. to the Queen.
London Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 400 x 600mm (15¾ x 23½"), with very large margins. Image trimmed and laid on sheet with printed titles, as issued.
In 1858 a British naval squadron with Royal Marines attempted to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, and were ignominiously defeated.
[Ref: 51390] £750.00
From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith. Day & Son, Chromolith. to the Queen.
London Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 400 x 600mm (15¾ x 23½"), with very large margins. Image trimmed and laid on sheet with printed titles, as issued.
In 1858 a British naval squadron with Royal Marines attempted to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, and were ignominiously defeated.
[Ref: 51390] £750.00
Entrée Triomphale des Armées Alliées a Pékin, le 25 8.bre 1860.
Lith de Haguenthal, Pont-à-Mousson. Comp, et lith par G.C. de Fortavion.
[Haguenthal, Pont-a-Mousson [and] Guerin-Muller, Paris, 1862.]
Lithograph. Printed area 270 x 395mm. Tear in margin.
View of the French troops of Genenal Montauban entering Peking in 1860, during the Second Opium War. The Summer Palace had already been looted and burnt. From Fortavion's 'La Guerre de Chine grand panorama illustre historique et anecdotique'.
[Ref: 7598] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lith de Haguenthal, Pont-à-Mousson. Comp, et lith par G.C. de Fortavion.
[Haguenthal, Pont-a-Mousson [and] Guerin-Muller, Paris, 1862.]
Lithograph. Printed area 270 x 395mm. Tear in margin.
View of the French troops of Genenal Montauban entering Peking in 1860, during the Second Opium War. The Summer Palace had already been looted and burnt. From Fortavion's 'La Guerre de Chine grand panorama illustre historique et anecdotique'.
[Ref: 7598] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A West View of the Entrance into the City of Pekin the Metropolis of China.
[British, n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured engraving, image 165 x 260mm. 6½ x 10¼".
A view of Peking (Beijing), China. Plate to a book, probably George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy... to the Emperor of China' (1797).
[Ref: 22525] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[British, n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured engraving, image 165 x 260mm. 6½ x 10¼".
A view of Peking (Beijing), China. Plate to a book, probably George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy... to the Emperor of China' (1797).
[Ref: 22525] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Imperial City of Peking wth. part of the great Wall & Mountains that divide Tartary and China.
Heckel Delin. J. Couse Sculp.
London Printed for C. Dicey and Co. in Aldermary Church Yard. [n.d., c.1755.]
Engraving on laid paper, 185 x 275mm. 7¼ x 10¾". A good impression.
A prospect of the Imperial Palace, Peking (Beijing), China; figures on the winding road leading to one of the city gates. Numbered '4' upper right. From a set of views in China, probably reduced copies of earlier engravings, published by Cluer Dicey (c.1713 - 1775).
[Ref: 20293] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Heckel Delin. J. Couse Sculp.
London Printed for C. Dicey and Co. in Aldermary Church Yard. [n.d., c.1755.]
Engraving on laid paper, 185 x 275mm. 7¼ x 10¾". A good impression.
A prospect of the Imperial Palace, Peking (Beijing), China; figures on the winding road leading to one of the city gates. Numbered '4' upper right. From a set of views in China, probably reduced copies of earlier engravings, published by Cluer Dicey (c.1713 - 1775).
[Ref: 20293] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The City of Peking from Nieuhof.
J. Basire sculp.
[London: Henry Lintot, 1744.]
Engraving. Plate 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13½"), with large margins. Trimmed to platemark at bottom.
A view of Peking and the surrounding countryside. Although based on the view by Johann Nieuhoff, this engraving comes from 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels by Philip Baldaeus, accompanying The True & Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East'.
[Ref: 53066] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Basire sculp.
[London: Henry Lintot, 1744.]
Engraving. Plate 220 x 340mm (8¾ x 13½"), with large margins. Trimmed to platemark at bottom.
A view of Peking and the surrounding countryside. Although based on the view by Johann Nieuhoff, this engraving comes from 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels by Philip Baldaeus, accompanying The True & Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East'.
[Ref: 53066] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Welcoming dor by the Lipu half and hower without the Towne Pecking.
[Johannes Nieuhof.]
[London: John Ogilby, c.1673.]
Engravin, 17th century watermark. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Tears in lower margin. Time staining.
A view showing a meeting between ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company and the Chinese, as the Dutch attempt to convince China to open up their ports to Dutch trade. A plate from the English edition of Johannes Nieuhof's 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 55453] £320.00
[Johannes Nieuhof.]
[London: John Ogilby, c.1673.]
Engravin, 17th century watermark. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"). Tears in lower margin. Time staining.
A view showing a meeting between ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company and the Chinese, as the Dutch attempt to convince China to open up their ports to Dutch trade. A plate from the English edition of Johannes Nieuhof's 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 55453] £320.00
![Peking. [No.34. Brücke bei Peking.]](jpegs/46878.jpg)
Peking. [No.34. Brücke bei Peking.]
E. Hildebrandt. [Chromofacsimilirt von R.Steinbock nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung 'die Reise um die Erde'.]
[Verlag von R.Wagner, Berlin Zimmerstr. No.92/93.] [n.d., 1871-4.]
Finely coloured chromolithograph. Image 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, title label on reverse as usual. Board foxed.
A Chinese bridge, with a pagoda and a pavilion, after a watercolour by by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-69). Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt travelled constantly, including visits to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolors, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs from voyages was published as 'Reise um die Erde', (Journey around the World).
[Ref: 46878] £420.00
E. Hildebrandt. [Chromofacsimilirt von R.Steinbock nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung 'die Reise um die Erde'.]
[Verlag von R.Wagner, Berlin Zimmerstr. No.92/93.] [n.d., 1871-4.]
Finely coloured chromolithograph. Image 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, title label on reverse as usual. Board foxed.
A Chinese bridge, with a pagoda and a pavilion, after a watercolour by by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-69). Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt travelled constantly, including visits to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolors, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs from voyages was published as 'Reise um die Erde', (Journey around the World).
[Ref: 46878] £420.00
![Peking. [No.29. Runde Strasse in Peking.]](jpegs/46879.jpg)
Peking. [No.29. Runde Strasse in Peking.]
E. Hildebrandt. [Chromofacsimilirt von R.Steinbock nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung 'die Reise um die Erde'.]
[Verlag von R.Wagner, Berlin Zimmerstr. No.92/93.] [n.d., 1871-4.]
Finely coloured chromolithograph. Image 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, title label on reverse as usual. Board foxed.
A Peking street scene, after a watercolour by by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-69). Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt travelled constantly, including visits to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolors, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs from voyages was published as 'Reise um die Erde', (Journey around the World).
[Ref: 46879] £550.00
E. Hildebrandt. [Chromofacsimilirt von R.Steinbock nach der Aquarelle aus der Sammlung 'die Reise um die Erde'.]
[Verlag von R.Wagner, Berlin Zimmerstr. No.92/93.] [n.d., 1871-4.]
Finely coloured chromolithograph. Image 260 x 380mm (10¼ x 15"), trimmed to image and laid on card as issued, title label on reverse as usual. Board foxed.
A Peking street scene, after a watercolour by by Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-69). Born in Gdansk, Hildebrandt travelled constantly, including visits to the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolors, and his paintings were exhibited in London in 1866 and at the Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin. A folio of chromolithographs from voyages was published as 'Reise um die Erde', (Journey around the World).
[Ref: 46879] £550.00
The Royall Banquet.
[Johannes Nieuhof.]
[London: John Ogilby, c.1673.]
Engraving. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"), large margins. Central vertical fold as normal. Slight time staining.
A view of a Royal banquet in a large hall in which figures sit at multiple tables. With key beneath the image in English and Dutch. From the English edition of Johannes Nieuhof's account of the 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 55452] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Johannes Nieuhof.]
[London: John Ogilby, c.1673.]
Engraving. 295 x 355mm (11½ x 14"), large margins. Central vertical fold as normal. Slight time staining.
A view of a Royal banquet in a large hall in which figures sit at multiple tables. With key beneath the image in English and Dutch. From the English edition of Johannes Nieuhof's account of the 'Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
[Ref: 55452] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Observatory at Pe-kin from Le Comte. Plate 30 No.13 page 19.
G. Child Sculpt.
[n.d, c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 240mm (6 x 9½"), with large margins.
A view of the ancient observatory in Peking. Built 1442, it was modernised in 1673 by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest, who built many of the instruments here.
[Ref: 47881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Child Sculpt.
[n.d, c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 240mm (6 x 9½"), with large margins.
A view of the ancient observatory in Peking. Built 1442, it was modernised in 1673 by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest, who built many of the instruments here.
[Ref: 47881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[A view in Peking.]](jpegs/48036.jpg)
[A view in Peking.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff, Peking 1939.
Watercolour, signed. Sheet: 240 x 305mm (9½ x 12'').
A view probably in the forbidden city. See Olgas Story by Stephanie Williams.
[Ref: 48036] £450.00
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff, Peking 1939.
Watercolour, signed. Sheet: 240 x 305mm (9½ x 12'').
A view probably in the forbidden city. See Olgas Story by Stephanie Williams.
[Ref: 48036] £450.00
A View in the Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Pekin. 29.
W.Alexander del.t. S.Smith sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796 by G.Nicol.
Engraving. Platemark: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"), with very large margins.
A detailed view of the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Peking, China. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 60055] £320.00
W.Alexander del.t. S.Smith sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796 by G.Nicol.
Engraving. Platemark: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"), with very large margins.
A detailed view of the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Peking, China. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 60055] £320.00
Vue Perspective du pont et du Port de la Ville de Pekin, Ville de la Chine.
a Paris chez Daumont rue de St. Martin [n.d., c.1770].
Hand coloured copper engraving, image 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, laid on card in near-contemporary presentation, ink ownership inscription 'E J Myles' on reverse.
A prospect of the bridge and port of Peking, with several figures to foreground beside the water, loading boats with goods carried by ox-driven carts. The title in in reverse above the image identifies this as a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through a zograscope, an optical viewer.
[Ref: 55456] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
a Paris chez Daumont rue de St. Martin [n.d., c.1770].
Hand coloured copper engraving, image 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, laid on card in near-contemporary presentation, ink ownership inscription 'E J Myles' on reverse.
A prospect of the bridge and port of Peking, with several figures to foreground beside the water, loading boats with goods carried by ox-driven carts. The title in in reverse above the image identifies this as a vüe-d'optique, designed to be viewed through a zograscope, an optical viewer.
[Ref: 55456] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vue perspective de la grande Ceremonie du Couronnement de l'Empereur de la Chine.
A Paris chez Mondhare rue S. Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur [n.d., c.1770].
Hand coloured engraving, image 260 x 400mm 10¼ x 15¾") Laid on card in near-contemporary presentation, old ink ownership inscxription 'E J Myles' on reverse. Slightly soiled and stained.
A view of the Emperor's coronation ceremony at the Imperial Palace, Peking
[Ref: 55455] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris chez Mondhare rue S. Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur [n.d., c.1770].
Hand coloured engraving, image 260 x 400mm 10¼ x 15¾") Laid on card in near-contemporary presentation, old ink ownership inscxription 'E J Myles' on reverse. Slightly soiled and stained.
A view of the Emperor's coronation ceremony at the Imperial Palace, Peking
[Ref: 55455] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Pinqua.
[n.d. c.1800]
Wood cut, sheet 390 x 230mm (15½ x 9"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
A chinese style wood block print featuring three asian men, with flowing robes and beards. One holds a scroll whose top character translates to 'blessing', and second 'flow'. Pinqua may refer to Yang Pinqua (fl.1747-1795), Chinese name Yang Bingguan but also named Yang Cengong, a well-known porcelain dealer in Canton during the mid-eighteenth century who was appointed a Hong merchant in 1782. He also sold black tea, mostly Bohea to the VOC. This could be a tea label.
[Ref: 59111] £480.00
[n.d. c.1800]
Wood cut, sheet 390 x 230mm (15½ x 9"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
A chinese style wood block print featuring three asian men, with flowing robes and beards. One holds a scroll whose top character translates to 'blessing', and second 'flow'. Pinqua may refer to Yang Pinqua (fl.1747-1795), Chinese name Yang Bingguan but also named Yang Cengong, a well-known porcelain dealer in Canton during the mid-eighteenth century who was appointed a Hong merchant in 1782. He also sold black tea, mostly Bohea to the VOC. This could be a tea label.
[Ref: 59111] £480.00
Pouching
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1671.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 295 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼") Small margins. Central crease as normal.
An unidentified city in China, from Arnoldus Montanus' 'Asie'.
[Ref: 51169] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1671.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 295 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼") Small margins. Central crease as normal.
An unidentified city in China, from Arnoldus Montanus' 'Asie'.
[Ref: 51169] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Quantekong. [Idole des Chinois.]](jpegs/37478.jpg)
Quantekong. [Idole des Chinois.]
[Pieter van der Aa, 1729.]
Engraving. Plate: 160 x 270mm (6¼ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A portrait of Quantekong, a Chinese diety at his writing desk. An illustration from 'La agreable galerie du monde...' published by Pieter van der Aa in 1729.
[Ref: 37478] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Pieter van der Aa, 1729.]
Engraving. Plate: 160 x 270mm (6¼ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A portrait of Quantekong, a Chinese diety at his writing desk. An illustration from 'La agreable galerie du monde...' published by Pieter van der Aa in 1729.
[Ref: 37478] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Matteo Ricci] Pere Matthew Ricci.](jpegs/59870.jpg)
[Matteo Ricci] Pere Matthew Ricci.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the first European to enter Beijing's Forbidden City in 1601, where he used his knowlege of astronomy to gain influence in court. He is famed for his world map with Chinese characters, which introduced European cartography to China.
[Ref: 59870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the first European to enter Beijing's Forbidden City in 1601, where he used his knowlege of astronomy to gain influence in court. He is famed for his world map with Chinese characters, which introduced European cartography to China.
[Ref: 59870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Rice cultivation] Reaping.](jpegs/60919.jpg)
[Rice cultivation] Reaping.
AH [Augustin Heckel] delin.
[London: John June, n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, 18th century watermark, 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Paper toned and spotted. Small margins.
Plate 16 of a series about the cultivation of rice in China.
[Ref: 60919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
AH [Augustin Heckel] delin.
[London: John June, n.d., c.1770.]
Etching, 18th century watermark, 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Paper toned and spotted. Small margins.
Plate 16 of a series about the cultivation of rice in China.
[Ref: 60919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lake See Hoo and Temple of the Thundering Winds, from the Vale of Tombs.]](jpegs/26728.jpg)
[Lake See Hoo and Temple of the Thundering Winds, from the Vale of Tombs.]
[Drawn by Thomas Allom. Engraved by J.C.Bentley.]
[Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. n.d., c.1843.]
Proof engraving on india, very large margins, uncut. 210 x 280mm, 8 x 11". Some foxing.
From Thomas Allon's 'China Illustrated'.
[Ref: 26728] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Thomas Allom. Engraved by J.C.Bentley.]
[Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. n.d., c.1843.]
Proof engraving on india, very large margins, uncut. 210 x 280mm, 8 x 11". Some foxing.
From Thomas Allon's 'China Illustrated'.
[Ref: 26728] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)