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The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre [with 'The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independant of the King of England, throughout the different Provinces, on July 4 1776]
The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre [with 'The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independant of the King of England, throughout the different Provinces, on July 4 1776]
Hamilton delin Goldar sculp
[both from Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England, 1783]
Two engravings, both approx 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Both trimmed to image, losing text and border, and glued to backing sheets. With text for the Death of Major Andre glued to sheet separately.
Two scenes of American interest, from Edward Barnard's history of England (1783). The first shows Americans celebrating the Declaration of Independence in 1776 (one person waves a flag while another holds a sign reading 'America Independant 1776') while the second shows the hanging of John André at Tappan, New York on 2 October 1780. André, an army officer and spy, was aide-de-camp of Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of British forces in America from 1778. In this capacity André handled the correspondence between Clinton and various American spies, and also negotiated with General Benedict Arnold, who was planning to surrender to the British the fort at West Point, New York. André was on his way to a personal interview with Arnold when, disguised as a civilian, he was seized by American militiamen. He was brought before a military board convened by George Washington, found to have acted in the character of a spy, and sentenced to hanging. André's actions were commemorated by a monument erected in Westminster Abbey in London, where his remains were transferred in 1821.

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The Sugar Loaf Rock
The Sugar Loaf Rock _ Rio de Janeiro.
W. Gore Ouseley Del. J. Needham Lith.
Printed at 10 St. Martins Lane. [London: Thomas McLean. n.d., 1852.]
Rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 225 x 300mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Slight foxing.
A pictureque view of Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. A plate from 'Views in South America, from original drawings made in Brazil', by Sir William Gore Ousley, a British diplomat who served in various roles in Washington, D.C., Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. On his return to England (according to Borba de Moraes), ''he wished to publish a collection of drawings and watercolours of Brazil and the Rio de la Plata. The selection was made by Queen Victoria. This rare and valued album contains very pictureque lithographs''.
NOT IN ABBEY; Tooley, English books with colour plates, 356. Borba de Moraes, p.643.
[Ref: 39382]   £580.00  
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Christofel Colonus.
Christofel Colonus.
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 295 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
Portait of Christopher Columbus (1451- 1506), with a sextant in hand and sea charts before him. Within a decorative oval made up of sea monsters on either side, while one of his ships sails in the background Plate 23 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39271]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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The Spot where Gen.al Burgoyne surrendered to Gen.al Gate [parallel text in French, Latin and German]
The Spot where Gen.al Burgoyne surrendered to Gen.al Gate [parallel text in French, Latin and German] Amérique Septentrionale Etat de New-York.
Dessiné d'après matire par J. Milbert Lithographié par L. Sabatier fig. par V. Adam
Imp. lith. de Bove dirigée par Noel ainé et C.e
Lithograph on india, printed area 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½").
View in Saratoga, New York, where the British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Horatio Gates at the end of the Battles of Saratoga on October 17, 1777. Plate from 'Itineraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties laterales de l'Amerique du Nord, d'apres les dessins originaux pris sur les lieux. Atlas.' Lithographed after a drawing by Jacques Gérared Milbert (1766-1840). In 1800 Milbert was designated to be official artist on a voyage to the South Pole but poor health forced him to stop in Ile-de-France, where he spent the next two years. In 1815 he travelled to North America, spending seven years there.
For another plate from the same volume see ref 4233.
[Ref: 39540]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Mt. Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glaceier, Selkirke, Canada
Mt. Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glaceier, Selkirke, Canada
[Anon, c.1910]
Etching, platemark 140 x 190mm (5½ x 7½"). Rare.
View in the Selkirk Mountains, a mountain range spanning Idaho, Washington and southeastern British Columbia. They were named after Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820), a Scottish philanthropist who founded immigrant settlements in Canada. Mount Sir Donald is named after Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914), head of the syndicate which funded the Canadian Pacific Railway.
[Ref: 39542]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Albany. 39. General View.
Albany. 39. General View.
Drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner. Lith by Deroy. Printed by Cattier.
New-York & Paris; published by Goupil, Vilbert & Co. Entered according to act of congress, in the year 1850, by Aug. Köllner, in the clerk's office of the district court for the southern district of New-York.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 245 x 295mm (9¾ x 11½"). Large margins.
A view of Albany from the Hudson River, with 'Sun', a paddle steamer, mid-stream. Lithographed by Isidore-Laurent Deroy (1797-1886) after August Köllner (1813-1906). Köllner, born in Württemberg and emigrated to America in 1839, made over a hundred drawing of American and Canadian cities, sending them to Paris to be lithographed. 54 were published, between 1848 and 1851.
[Ref: 38934]   £420.00  
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[Jean Ribault at Charlesfort.]
[Jean Ribault at Charlesfort.]
[from a wall map by Abbé Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 150mm (5½ x 6"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, mounted on card.
A vignette scene of Jean Ribault (1520-65) at Charlesfort, the settlement he founded in Florida (but now South Carolina), shown on good terms with the local native Americans. Unfortunately relations were not so good with the Spanish: following the destruction of his fleet by a hurricane Ribault surrendered his destitute army to a Spanish force, who promptly knifed Ribault and his predomininately Huguenot followers. This is one of twenty vignette scenes decorating the borders of Abbé Clouet's wall map of the Americas, 'Carte d'Amerique Divisee en ses Principaux Pays Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Recents...'.
[Ref: 39090]   £450.00  
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A private Marine of Col. Fourgeouds' Corps.
A private Marine of Col. Fourgeouds' Corps.
Blake Sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1793.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
A soldier holding a gun, facing the viewer, with a fort in the distance to the left, and a ship at sea to the right. A plate from the first volume of J.G.Stedman's 'Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted slaves of Surinam' (London 1796). 'Blake's sixteen engravings are ranked among his "most interesting and important book illustrations". (Ryskamp, p.10)
[Ref: 38909]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Americus Vesputius.
Americus Vesputius.
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 285 x 170mm (11¼ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
A half length portrait of Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512), seated at a table with an open atlas, a globe, and a compass. Within an oval decorated with sea monsters. The continent of America was named after Vespucci, who played a prominent role in exploring the New World. Plate 8 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39273]   £320.00  
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Cascade on the Ys River. Jamaica.
Cascade on the Ys River. Jamaica.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Very scarce & rare lithograph. Sheet: 160 x 105mm, (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed to printed area.
A view of the series of eight waterfalls on the YS river in Jamaica. The YS river was named after the area's original landowners John Yates and Richard Scott.
[Ref: 39473]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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