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[Atahualpa] Athabaliba ultimus Rex Peruanorum.
[London: John Ogilby 1671.]
Engraving. 290 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾"), with very large margins.
Medallion portrait of Atahualpa (c.1502-33), the last ruling emperor of the Incas, within an ornately-illustrated border. From Ogilby's 'America', an English edition of Arnoldus van Bergen's ''De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld of Beschryving van America''.
[Ref: 46398] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
Rio Janeiro.
R.Elwes del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton, Lithog.
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph printed in colour, printed area 125 x 180mm (5 x 7").
Rio de Janeiro, the second most populous city in Brazil and the national capital until 1960, when the capital was moved to the new city of Brasília nearer to the centre of the country by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45597] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Negroes Washing for Diamonds in Brazil.
London Published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1824.]
Engraving. Sheet: 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8").
A scene showing a group of Brazilians looking for diamonds in a long row, watched over by white overseers.
[Ref: 46056] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Indian Female of the Arrowaoka Nation.
Benedetti Sculp.t.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1792, by J. Johnson, S.t Pauls Church Yard.
Stipple. Plate: 245 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Trimmed to plate on left edge.
A portrait of a native woman holding a parrot and a bow and arrow.
[Ref: 46057] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
N.E. Cape of America and Part of Leopold Island. [&] Termination of the Cliffs Near Whaler P.t Port Leopold. Dedicated by special permissions to The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty By the Lordships most obedient Servant, W.H. Browne Lieu.t R.N. (late of H.M.S. Enterprise).
Lith.d by Cha.s Haghe, after the original by Lieu.t Browne. Printed by Da & Son.
London, Pub.d Jan.y 31.st 1850 by Ackermann & Co.96 Strand.
A pair of fine coloured lithographs on one sheet. Sheet: 385 x 285mm (15 x 11¼"), with large margins.
Two views of the Port Leopold was a trading post for the Hudsons Bay Company at Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut Canada. Browne and his ship H.M.S. enterprise joined Sir James Clark Ross in his search for Sir John Franklin, 1848-1849. They wintered at Port Leopold on Somerset Island in Nunavut, Canada, visiting Prince Leopold Island nearby. Abbey: 637. From "Lt Browne Ten coloured views ..Artic Expedition of HMS Enterprise
[Ref: 46444] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
A Plan of Martinique.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraved map with hand-colour. Plate: 140 x 160mm (5½ x 6¼").
A map of Martinique in the Caribbean showing the roads on the island.
[Ref: 46054] £110.00
Mazatlan.
Bayard Taylor
Lith. of Saroy & Major, N.Y. [c.1855]
Tinted lithograph, printed area 105 x 155mm (4 x 6").
The city of Mazatlan on the western coast of Mexico, in the state of Sinaloa. By or after Bayard Taylor (1825-78), American polymath who in 1850 published a two-volume collection of travel essays about Mexico, 'El Dorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire'.
[Ref: 45594] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Tlaxpana Fountain, Avenue of San Cosme. México Y Sus Alrededores.
C. Castro y J. Campillo del. y lito. México, Litog. de Decaen, Portal del Coliseo Viejo.
Propiedad del editor. [n.d., c.1856.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 295 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Repaired tear in right edge.
A view of the Tlaxpana Fountain in Mexico city. A plate from 'Mexico y Sus Alrededores. Coleccion de Monumentos, Trajes y Paisajes Dibujados al Natural y Lithografiados por los Artistas Mexicanos', published in Mexico City in 1855-1856 and primarily the work of Mexican artist Casimiro Castro. Title in English, Spanish and French.
[Ref: 46670] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Bucareli Promenade. México Y Sus Alrededores.
C. Castro y J. Campillo del. y lito. México, Litog. de Decaen, Portal del Coliseo Viejo.
Propiedad del editor. [n.d., c.1856.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 295 x 430mm (11¾ x 17").
A view of the Paseo de Bucareli in Mexico City. A plate from 'Mexico y Sus Alrededores. Coleccion de Monumentos, Trajes y Paisajes Dibujados al Natural y Lithografiados por los Artistas Mexicanos', published in Mexico City in 1855-1856 and primarily the work of Mexican artist Casimiro Castro. Title in English, Spanish and French.
[Ref: 46672] £290.00
(£348.00 incl.VAT)
Cathedral of Mexico. México Y Sus Alrededores.
C. Castro y J. Campillo del. y lito. México, Litog. de Decaen, Portal del Coliseo Viejo.
Propiedad del editor. [n.d., c.1856.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 295 x 430mm (11¾ x 17").
A view of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City built between 1573-1813. A plate from 'Mexico y Sus Alrededores. Coleccion de Monumentos, Trajes y Paisajes Dibujados al Natural y Lithografiados por los Artistas Mexicanos', published in Mexico City in 1855-1856 and primarily the work of Mexican artist Casimiro Castro. Title in English, Spanish and French.
[Ref: 46673] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
The method of mixing Clay for Bricks. The particular manner of Killing Bullocks. And the Female Missionary House appointed by the French for their reception neare Monte Video.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 175mm (4¼ x 7") large margins.
A view in South America showing the use of horses for making clay, the manner in which cows are killed for beef and a missionary house. An illustration from 'A visible display of divine providence' by William Gregory which tells the tale of the ill fated missionary ship Duff which got captured by a French privateer and then the Portuguese.
[Ref: 46308] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
A Chart of the Southern part of South America; With the Track of the Centurion from the Island of St. Catherines to the Island of Juan Fernandes, in which is inserted the Variation and Soundings observ'd on board her, together with her Deviation from her estimated Course in passing round Cape Horn, occasion'd by the force of the Currents.
J. Gibson.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraved map. Plate: 250 x 240mm (9¾ x 9½"). Made up paper loss in bottom left corner from binding. Folds as issued.
A map of the Southern part of South America including Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.
[Ref: 46121] £130.00
Philadelphia.
Davenport sculp.
London: Published by Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster Row.
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 230mm (5¾ x 9").
A view of Philadelphia in Pennsylvannia, United States. The view shows the many boats, including steam boats on the Delaware River, the town is shown in the distance.
[Ref: 46438] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
Quebec, Canada
Rock & Co., London [c.1850]
Steel engraving, sheet 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7½").
View of Quebec from the busy Saint Lawrence river.
[Ref: 46016] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Method of Mixing Clay.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 95 x 145mm (3¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed.
A scene in Uruguay: men drive horses around a sunken corral, throwing buckets of water in. Adapted from an illustration in William Gregory's 'A Visible Display of Divine Providence; or, the Journal of a Captured Missionary, designated to the Southern Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 45656] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
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