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Livre Nouveau ou Regles des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture, Par Jacques Barozzio de Vignole.
Livre Nouveau ou Regles des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture, Par Jacques Barozzio de Vignole. Nouvellement revu, corrigé et augmenté par Monsieur B.*** Architecte du Roy [...]
Cochin inv. Vasseur Sculp
A Paris chez Mondhare et Jean, rue St. Jean de Beauvais. No 4 [c.1757]
Engraving, platemark 360 x 220mm (14¼ x 8½").
Frontispiece to a posthumous edition of Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola's work 'Regola delli cinque ordini d’architettura' (1562), a concise Renaissance tract on the five orders of architecture, which (with various additions and amendments by later editors) enjoyed enormous success and remained the most influential book on classical architecture until the advent of Modernism.
For another plate from the volume see ref. 27318.
[Ref: 40095]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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[Still-life banquet piece]
[Still-life banquet piece]
I Beckett ex [illegible traces of effaced inscription, lower right]
Mezzotint, platemark 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼"), with very large margins. 19th century impression on wove paper.
Crabs and prawns on a platter on a covered table; grapes, peaches, an open melon, plums and a lemon behind; silver tobacco jar upper left. Mezzotint by painter and engraver Robert Robinson (fl.1674-d.1706). Robinson is chiefly remembered for early mezzotints such as this, while the most notable of his surviving paintings are the panels he painted for a house on St Botolph Street in the City of London, now housed at the Sir John Cass School in Aldgate.
State ii/ii (Christopher Lennox-Boyd database).
[Ref: 40220]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Dedication page]
[Dedication page]
M. Carloni fecit [c.1780]
Fine etching, platemark 390 x 255mm (15¼ x 10"). Small margins.
Dedication page to unidentified volume, etched by Marco Carloni (1742-96), Rome-based printmaker.
[Ref: 40093]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Siquis est Parwlus Veniat ad Me.
Siquis est Parwlus Veniat ad Me. Prov. 9.V.4.
S. Françoys Turonen inve. et pinx. N. Pitau sculp. cum privil. Regis.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. 495 x 350mm (19½ x 13¾"), very large margins. Damp stain on outside of right margin, pin-sized worm hole on plate mark.
'Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me'. The Christ child sitting on a globe, surrounded by angels and cherubim, arms stretched out in welcome. After Simon François de Tours (1606-1671).
[Ref: 39717]   £360.00  
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Dalton's New England Traveller. Frontispiece.
Dalton's New England Traveller. Frontispiece. This Beautiful Print emblematically alludes to that highly pleasing Variety of Subjects which will be Presented by the New English Traveller to the Public at Large.
Ryley Delin Scott sculp
Publish'd by Alex.r Hogg Nov.r 22 1794
Engraving, sheet 365 x 230mm (14¼ x 9"). Repaired hole bottom centre in border. Borders tatty.
Frontispiece with imaginary landscape combining classical statuary, agriculture, modern engineering and coaching to demonstrate the range of topics to be included in a topographical periodical, includes view of Colebrook Dale Iron Bridge. 'Dalton' has been claimed as a pseudonym for the publisher Alexander Hogg.
[Ref: 40083]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Description du Manège Moderne. Dans sa Perfection.
Description du Manège Moderne. Dans sa Perfection. Expliqué par des Leçons necessaires, et representé par des Fifures exactes [...]
B. Picart inventit [1727]
Engraving, platemark 225 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") very large margins. Few wormholes. Time stained.
Frontispiece to Baron d'Eisenberg's horseriding manual, 'Description du Manège Moderne' (1727), featuring various pieces of equipment used in horseriding (stirrups, saddle, bridle etc).
[Ref: 40089]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Description du Manège Moderne. Dans sa Perfection.
Description du Manège Moderne. Dans sa Perfection. Expliqué par des Leçons necessaires, et representé par des Fifures exactes [...]
B. Picart inventit [1727]
Engraving with hand-colouring and ms, platemark 225 x 310mm (9 x 12¼") very large margins.
Frontispiece to Baron d'Eisenberg's horseriding manual, 'Description du Manège Moderne' (1727), featuring various pieces of equipment used in horseriding (stirrups, saddle, bridle etc).
[Ref: 40090]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[A flooded field.]
[A flooded field.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. 205 x 280mm (8 x 11"), with very large margins.
Trees immersed in water, sheaves in a field behind.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39823]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Frontispiece to Emmanuel Sweert's 'Florilegium', with portrait of Sweert verso]
[Frontispiece to Emmanuel Sweert's 'Florilegium', with portrait of Sweert verso] Florilegium Amplisimum et selectissimum, quo non tantum varia diversorum florum [...]
[1612]
Engraving with original hand-colouring, sheet 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Thread margins; glued into album sheet with early marginalia in Latin. Time stained.
Frontispiece to the famous 'Florilegium' (1612) by Emmanuel Sweert (1552-1612), a superb volume of engravings of flowers. The volume was essentially a sales catalogue, in which the beauty of the engravings served to promote the desirability of the plants. Verso is a portrait of Sweert published in the same volume, in which the flower in Sweert's left hand is balanced by the skull on which his right rests, as a reminder of the mixed symbolism of flowers.
For a coloured impression of the portrait of Sweert, see ref. 39203. W 2860.
[Ref: 40096]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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Introduction ala Fortification
Introduction ala Fortification Dediée A Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne Par N. De Fer, Beaulieu, &c. Tome Premier
A Paris Chez N. de Fer
Etching, platemark 205 x 230mm (8 x 9"). Creased.
Frontispiece to the first volume of Nicolas de Fer's 'Introduction à la Fortification' (first published in 1693, but this from a later edition after the text changed), with military and naval battles above and below the text. De Fer (1646-1720) was renowned for his town plans and military maps.
[Ref: 40091]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Still-life with game birds and cats]
[Still-life with game birds and cats] Dedié a S.E.Mr. le Marquis de Chauvelin Ambassadeur de France a Turin D'aprés le Tableau de Benedetto Castiglione haut de onze pouces et large d'un pied neuf pouces [...]
[c.1760][Bit later]
Etching, platemark 250 x 365mm (9¾ x 14¼"). Small margins.
Etching after a painting by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64), Genovese artist of mostly religious subjects, which exploited his gift for animals and still-life elements. This painting was owned by Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, balli de Breteuil (1723-85), Maltese diplomat and patron of the arts. The print, in turn, is dedicated to the French ambassador in Turin, the Marquis de Chauvelin. Famous cat image.
[Ref: 40219]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Frontispiece
Frontispiece View the four Quarters of the Globe Combin'd, / To yeild Instruction to the Lib'ral Mind; / Britannia's Genius, Seated on her Throne / Receives their Gifts, and makes them all her own.
S. Wale delin C. Grignion Sculp.t
Engraving, sheet 315 x 200mm (12½ x 8"). Trimmed to platemark. 'John Cane to Edw.d Cane' in old ms verso.
Frontispiece to unidentified volume, with Britannia receiving allegorical figures representing the continents of the world, presenting the produce of their various regions. Ship on right puts the viewer in mind of the docks of the Thames in London.
[Ref: 40085]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Frontispiece Engraved for Barlows General History of Europe
Frontispiece Engraved for Barlows General History of Europe Explanation. Europe Insturcting the other quarters of the Globe, in the Arts, and SCiences [...]
Corbould delin.t Grignion Sculpt
Engraving, platemark 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Frontispiece to Percival Barlow's 'General History of Europe', with Europe as tutor to the figures representing Asia, Africa and America. Set in a library with other educational materials including a globe, a roll of maps, and an easel and paintbrushes.
[Ref: 40086]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Frontispiece to Millar's New & Universal System of Geography
Frontispiece to Millar's New & Universal System of Geography This Elegant Frontispiece Represents an emblematical Figure of Geography seated by the Basis of Britannia [...]
Pollard delin et sculpt. [1782]
Engraving, sheet 310 x 210mm (12¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Slight time stained
Frontispiece to George Henry Millar's 'Universal System of Geography', with statue of Britannia at the foot of which the figure of Geography receives allegorical figures representing the continents of the world, presenting the 'various produce & curiosities of their respective countries'.
[Ref: 40084]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Frontispiece. This Emblematic Plate represents Hercules assisting Atla in supporting the Globe.
Frontispiece. This Emblematic Plate represents Hercules assisting Atla in supporting the Globe. Fame is resounding the New Discoveries of the late celebrated Circumnavigators & Travellers, while History tenders a Crown of Laurels to the publick Services of Capt.ns Cook, Phillips, Dixon, Portlek, Hunter, &c. whose Expeditions are pointed out by the appearance of Shipping in the Back Ground.
Published by Alex.r Hogg, May 1 1793.
Engraving. 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate at bottom.
Probably the frontis. to Hogg's 'A New Complete and Authentic System of Universal Geography'.
[Ref: 39937]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Untitled landscape with cows and hills.]
[Untitled landscape with cows and hills.]
[Etched by Johannes Christian Janson.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼"), collector's stamp of Alexander Anderdon Weston (d.1901) on reverse. Thread margins.
Johannes-Christian Janson (Leiden 1763-1823 The Hague).
Lugt 65. Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39933]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Untitled landscape with cows and cottage.]
[Untitled landscape with cows and cottage.]
[Etched by Johannes Christian Janson.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼"), collector's stamp of Alexander Anderdon Weston (d.1901) on reverse. Thread margins.
Johannes-Christian Janson (Leiden 1763-1823 The Hague).
Lugt 65. Ex: collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 39932]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Studies from Nature.
Studies from Nature.
Painted Engraved & Published by James Ward, Painter & Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, no.6, Newman Street, London.
Very fine mezzotint. Plate: 500 x 380mm (19¾ x 15"), with very large margins.
Very unusual collection of studies of chickens and ducks with the heads and feet of older birds. Head of greyhound, head of goat and calf, also feet of goats and calves. A prolific artist, James Ward. R.A (1769-1859) was one of the finest animal, portrait, and landscape painters of Regency England.
Frankau: 76. Ex: Collection the Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 40101]   £850.00  
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[Dedication to Frederick IV, from Adam Olearius' 'Travels in Muscovy, Tartary and Persia']
[Dedication to Frederick IV, from Adam Olearius' 'Travels in Muscovy, Tartary and Persia'] A sa Majesté Frideric IV. Roi de Danemark, de Norvegue, des Vandales et des Goths [...]
[1727]
Engraving with letterpress, sheet 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8").
Dedication from a 1727 edition, in French, of Adam Olearius' (1603-71) 'Travels in Muscovy, Tartary and Persia', first published in the 1640s. A famed mathematician, geographer, librarian and writer, Olearius was the secretary on an embassy sent by Frederick III to Russia and Persia to try and establish the newly-founded town of Friedrichstadt in Schleswig-Holstein as the European terminus for an overland silk trade. The trip proved unsuccessful but Olearius' observations provided the material for a highly influential volume.
[Ref: 40094]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Antichita` Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica e de' Primi Imperatori, Designate, ed Incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano... Parte Prima.
Antichita` Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica e de' Primi Imperatori, Designate, ed Incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano... Parte Prima.
Roma si vende dall'Auttore dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia.
Etching. Plate: 350 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½"), with very large margins. Uncut. Crease in margin top right.
A caprice etched by Piranesi as a half-title to one of his books, with the text within a border printed from a separate plate, simulating a stone memorial. Printed from two plates. The text roughly translates as 'Roman Antiquities from the time of the Republic and the First Emperors, designed and engraved by the Venetian architect Giambattista Piranesi and by the same is dedicated to the most illustrious and most reverened Monseigneur Giovanni Bottari, private chaplain to Pope Benedict XIV, the guardian of the Vatican Library and canon of Santa Maria in Trestevere.'
[Ref: 39980]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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To the Right Honourable George Earl of Cardigan, &c, &c, This Print is humbley Inscribed by his Lordship's most Obedient and Dutiful Servant, Tho.s Major.
To the Right Honourable George Earl of Cardigan, &c, &c, This Print is humbley Inscribed by his Lordship's most Obedient and Dutiful Servant, Tho.s Major. {In the Collection of John Barnard Esq.r.}
J. Asselyn, &c, Bercham Pinx.t. Thi,s Major Sculp.t.
London Sold by T. Major Engraver on the Paved Stones St. Martin's Lane.
Very fine & rare engraving. Platemark: 510 x 600mm (20 x 23½") very large margins. Central vertical fold. Small area of surface damage in centre of sheet.
A pastoral landscape with peasants watering their horse and donkeys in a shallow river in the foreground, with one donkey kicking his legs to the right. Ruins can be seen behind, with a stone bridge in the background. A coat of arms and motto are inscribed below the image. After Dutch painter Jan Asselyn (c.1610 - 1652).
[Ref: 40050]   £480.00  
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La Blanchiseuse
La Blanchiseuse
Ruysdaal P. Duret f.
à Amsterdam chez P. Fouquet Junior, à Paris chez Basan Graveur [c.1750]
Fine engraving, platemark 380 x 300mm (15 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
'The washerwoman': woman washing a shirt by a river, with fisherman on right. After Jacob van Ruysdael (1628/9-1682), the leading Dutch landscape artist of the later 17th century.
[Ref: 40298]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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