Grosvenor Prints

Adam Comtesse de Hollande et Zeelande 15 en Seignurie.
Sichem fecit.
[1603.]
Engraving. Plate: 200 x 125mm (8 x 5''). Creasing, staining and offset.
A portrait of Ada Countess of Holland (1188-1223), daughter of Dirk VII Count of Holland. An illustration from 'La Grande Chronique Ancienne et Moderne de Hollande...' by Jean Francois le Petit 1603.
[Ref: 48863] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the Store Houses, Wharfes and Docks, belonging to it, and to the East India Company of Holland. [French translation to right.]
R. van Ryne Delin.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No.53 in Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured engraving, 260 x 400mm. 10¼ x 15¾". Water stain to upper left corner; otherwise a fine impression, with early colour and good margins.
Shipping on the Amstel river in Amsterdam, with warehouses, merchant's houses and other buildings on the banks and figures in the streets. English engraving of a scene by the Continental Jan van Ryne (1712-60).
[Ref: 17613] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

De Raadkamer Op Het Stadhuis te Amsteldam, zo als de Vroedschap aldaar 's Jaarlyks op den 28ste January vergaderd is. La Chambre de Conseil 'a l'Hotel de Ville d'Amsteldam, lorsque les Conseillers y sont assemblés annuellement au 28.me Janvier.
W. Kok ad Vivum delineavit. N. v.d. Mier Junior Sculpsit 1790.
Te Amsteldam by J. de Jongh, Met Octroci van de Ed. gr. Achtb. Heeren Burgemeesteren en Regeerders der Stad. Proefdruk.
Engraving and etching. Plate 495 x 406mm. 19½ x 16". Small tear in right-hand edge. Trimmed to plate along left-hand edge.
The City Council Chamber, City Hall, Amsterdam. The interior of the Chamber during a meeting of the town council. The City of Amsterdam is run by the city council and a college of aldermen. The council is the highest authority in the city of Amsterdam is responsible for all important decisions. Amongst other responsibilities, the council sets the city's annual budget. The grand painting in the centre is Govaert Flinck "Soloman's Prayer for Wisdom" commissioned for the chamber in 1658.
Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief: 010094003235.
[Ref: 17991] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Oostelyk gedeelte van Amsterdam, van het Y te zien. Amsterdam vers le point de l'Est, presè du T Y. Tiré de la Collections des Ports d'Hollande dessinés par M'D'D jong dans le meme port.
D de Jong, ad vivum delin. A. Suntach Direxit. No. 6 [top right].
[n.d. c.1800.]
Copper engraving. Plate 198 x 236mm. 7¾ x 9¼".
Amsterdam, capital of Holland. Situated on the river Amstel, Amsterdam was strategically placed for its further development and growth. During the Dutch Golden Age, it had become one of the most important ports in the world due to its innovative developments in trade. Amsterdam was at the forefront of trade and finance rivalling Great Britain.
See: NMM: PAF7375 for larger engraving by Sallieth.
[Ref: 16478] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the River Amstel within the Town towards the Sluse, the Blue Bridge and the Orphan house of the Poor, taken from the Bridge over the Amstel Amsterdam. Vue du de dans de L'amstel Eclude's Maison des Orphelins et Pont d' L'Amstel dans la villa d' Amsterdam.
P. Van Ryne Delin.
Published 12th May, 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street, London. [This impression c.1805.]
Copper engraving in fine contemporary colour by hand, wove paper watermarked 1805. 260 x 400mm, 10¼ x 15¾". A fine impression with good margins.
Fine perspective view looking down the Amstel river in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; shipping, buildings, figures on the bridge in foreground. Numbered '56' upper right.
[Ref: 20730] £320.00

Amsterdam, gelegen in Holland aen den Amstel, en aen een zeeboezem, het Y genaemt, voor de bocht te zien. Amstelodamum, e fluctibus emergens, in intimis Batavi sinus faucibus, nobilissimum emporium; prout a fronte con Spicitur.
Pet: Schenk Amsteld C.P.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Copper engraving, fine. Plate 215 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½".
A view of Amsterdam; with windmills and the central cathedral. To the left are the tall masts of merchant ships and vessels at the harbour.
[Ref: 20811] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vue du Buitenkant le long de l'Y et du Quay de Marie Louise, prise du Pont de Kattenburg.
Desinné et Gravé, sous la Direction de E. Masskamp, à Amsterdam, place Napoleon, No 1. [n.d., c.1810.]
Aquatint, printed in sepia. Sheet 185 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate.
Kattenburg, the westernmost of the three Eastern Islands in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 41731] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A View of part of Amsterdam from the Harbour Y, Shewing The Herring Packers Tower, the Sluice of Haarlem, & the New Fishmarket [verso]. [Franch translation to right.]
J. Smit delin. TBowles Sculpt. [verso]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Hand coloured etching, image 260 x 415mm. 10¼ x 16¼". Trimmed to image and glued to album page; the title excised and glued to verso.
A bustling harbour scene in Amsterdam, Holland, with ships laden with merchandise coming in to be unloaded at the quayside. A nicely coloured impression.
[Ref: 10382] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Amsterdam on each side of the Old Rampart as seen from the Harbour. Veüe d'Amsterdam des deux Cotés du Vieux Rampart Vue du Port.
I. Smit delin. T. Bowles sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1752.
Hand-coloured etching, with printseller's label glued on verso. Sheet: 450 x 300mm (17¾ x 12"). Title removed as usual and glued to verso as issued. Trimmed into publication line.
A view of Amsterdam from the harbour. On the reverse is the printseller's label of John Hogben Master of the Mathematical Free School, at Rye in Sussex, now Rye College. A wonderful & rare country printseller's descriptive label. The label lists the variety of books, prints and stationary he stocks including account books, penknives, pens, sealing wax, inks, mathematical instruments, globes, maps, spectacles and fishing tackle 'Sold as Cheap as in London'.
Label is different from 41620.
[Ref: 41619] £380.00 view all images for this item

De Muyier Poordt te Amsterdam. Vue de la Port de Muyier à Amsterdam.
G.A. Meysenheym del. J.A. Le Campion sculp.
Se vend à Amsterdam, chez Jos. Buffa et C.ie dans le Kalwerstraat; Paris. chez Ambresonne, Porte S. Antoine, M.on des Boucheries [n.d., c.1788].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 190 x 160mm (7½ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
A circular view, plate 14 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam.
[Ref: 41729] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

De Schonburg en Leyse poord te Amsterdam. Vue de la Comédie et Port de Leyse à Amsterdam.
G.A. Meysenheym del. J.A. Le Campion sculp.
Se vend à Amsterdam, chez Jos. Buffa et C.ie dans le Kalwerstraat; Paris. chez Ambresonne, Porte S. Antoine, M.on des Boucheries [n.d., c.1788].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 190 x 160mm (7½ x 6¼"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
A circular view, plate 14 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam.
[Ref: 41728] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

View of Amsterdam towards the Zuyder Zee.
Craig del. H. Hobson sculp.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Copper engraving. 210 x 272mm. 8¼ x 10¾".
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. The Zuiderzee is a shallow bay of water inland from the North Sea.
[Ref: 16485] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

De Saal van het sadt Huys t'Amsterdam. Vue de la grande salle dans la maison de villle à Amsterdam.
Sevend à { Amsterdam, chez Jof: Buff a et Compe dans le Kalwerstraát, Paris, Chez Ambrefonne, Porte St. Antoine, Mon des Boucheries.
Rare etching lines with aquatint colour, printed in colour. Sheet 29.5 x 22cm (11¾ x 8¾"). Cut and glued to backing sheet at edges.
Plate 11 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam. An interior view of a town hall. The print was published by both Buffa & Co in the Netherlands and Ambresonne in France.
[Ref: 54054] £260.00

De Muyier Poordt te Amsterdam. Vue de la porte de Muyier à Amsterdam.
G.A Meysenheym del. J.A. Le Campion sculp.
Sevend à { Amsterdam, chez Jof: Buff a et Compe dans le Kalwerstraát, Paris, Chez Ambrefonne, Porte St. Antoine, Mon des Boucheries.
Rare etching lines with aquatint colour, printed in colour. Sheet 29.5 x 22cm (11¾ x 8¾"). Cut and glued to backing sheet at edges
Plate 12 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam. A view of a port; a wooden bridge leads to a domed white building. There is a windmill, two small buildings and a couple of trees on the left within circle. The print was published by both Buffa & Co in the Netherlands and Ambresonne in France.
BM 1917,1208.1587
[Ref: 54053] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Société Phylarmonique è Anvers 1826.
Lith. Roy.
Lithograph, printed area 160 x 205mm (6¼ x 8").
Musical society in Antwerp (Anvers), Belgium
[Ref: 43440] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Philippus Baldæus Delphensis V.D. M. Primo Annum in Punte Gale, Postea in Regno Iaffnapatnam in Insula Ceylon 8 Annos, Iam in Geervliet 2. Ætatis 38. A. 1671.
vr. Sÿdervelt. I:v P. A. Blooteling sculp.
[1671.]
Engraving. Plate: 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½'') very large margins.
A portrait of Dutch minister Philips Baldaeus (1632-1671) who travelled to Ceylon.
[Ref: 49119] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

A New & Accurate Map of the Netherlands or Low Countries. Laid down from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Modern Maps and Regulated by Astron.l Observations.
by Eman. Bowen.
[London, c.1747.]
Engraved map. 360 x 440mm, 14¼ x 17¼".
Map of Belgium and Luxembourg, published in 'A Complete System of Geography'. A text refers to the Barrier Treaty of 1715, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
[Ref: 13579] £85.00

[Belgium] Nicholaus Clenardus.
Esme de Boulonois fecit.
[n.d., 1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 140mm, 7½ x 5½". Trimmed.
Nicolas Cleynaerts (1495-1542), Flemish grammarian and traveller. He prepared grammar manuals for Greek and Hebrew before turning his attention to Arabic, prompted by a desire to read the Koran. He learnt some Arabic from a Moslem slave before setting out for North Africa in 1540. Fifteen months in Fez ruined his health, so he returned to Granada, where he died in 1542. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'.
Wellcome 2310-1.
[Ref: 16999] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Belgium] Henry I. van Craenhals.
W. Hollar fect 1644. Londini.
Etching. 133 x 102mm. 5¼ x 4". Cut and laid on album page.
Johannes Henricus à Craenhals (fl.1649) was a 17th century Belgian composer. Bust portrait in a heavy oval cartouche. The oval frame has a stork stood at the top, and a blank shield with fantastic heads below.

[Ref: 24944] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Belgium] [Rubens Wife.]
[Reuben pinx. McArdell sculp.]
[Sold by E. Fisher at the Golden Head in Leicester Square and Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill London.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 350 x 250mm, 13¾ x 9¾".
Helena Fourment (1614-1673), daughter of a wealthy silk and tapesty merchant in Antwerp, married Peter Paul Rubens in 1630, aged sixteen. Here she stands in a field, folding an ostrich feather.
Goodwin 120, i of v; CS 69, i of iii. With a collector's mark in the character of Jon's Heywood Hawkin (1800-80); as described in Lugt: 3022.
[Ref: 18195] £360.00

[Belgium] His Serene Highness Leopold George Christian Frederick. Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.
Alf.d E. Chalon R.A. Pinx.t. L.C.D.S.A.L.
[n.d., c.1816]
Lithograph with large margins, printed area approx 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Slight foxing.
Portrait of Leopold (1790 - 1865), soon after his marriage in 1816 to Princess Charlotte Augusta. Charlotte was the only legitimate child of the Prince Regent (later King George IV) and therefore heiress to the English throne. However, the following year she gave birth to a stillborn son and died the following day. Having lost the chance to be prince consort to the British queen (a role later played by Prince Albert) he rejected the throne of Greece in 1830, before accepting the role of first 'King of the Belgians' in 1831.. Early lithograph after the portrait by Swiss artist Alfred Edward Chalon (1780-1860), who went on to become Portrait Painter in Water-colours to Queen Victoria.
[Ref: 35492] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

His Serene Highness Leopold George Christian Frederick. Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.
Engraved by J.T. Wedgwood from a sketch by George Hayter in the possession of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales.
London. Published 17th June, 1816, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street.
Engraving with roulette on india with large margins. 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Very fine impression. Some spotting in margins.
Portrait of Leopold (1790 - 1865), soon after his marriage to Princess Charlotte Augusta, the only legitimate child of the Prince Regent (later King George IV) and therefore heiress to the English throne, May 2nd, 1816 However, on November 5, 1817 she gave birth to a stillborn son and died the following day. Having lost the chance to be prince consort to the British queen (a role later played by Prince Albert) he rejected the throne of Greece in 1830, before accepting the role of first 'King of the Belgians' in 1831. His son was Leopold II, founder of the notorious Congo Free State.
[Ref: 34473] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Belgium] Leopold. Souveräner Fürst v. Griechenland.
Vogel junior sc.
Druck u. Verlag vom Bibliographischen Institut in Hildburghausen.
Stipple. Plate: 110 x 165mm, (4½ x 6½"). Very large margins.
A half portrait of Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865) who took the throne of the newly independent Belgium in 1831 and established the new House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
[Ref: 37169] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Belgium] LL.AA.RR. Le Duc de Brabant, Le Comte de Flandre et la Princresse Charlotte. Lithographié d'après nature par C. Baugniet, dessinateur du Roi. Déposé.
Imp. de Simonau, Bruxelles.
[n.d. c.1845]
Lithograph. 483 x 381mm. 19" x 15". Tears and rips in the sheet margin.
The children of the first Belgian king Leopold the First (1790 - 1865) and of Marie-Louise d'Orleans (1812-1850), daughter of Louis-Philippe, King of France. Shown are the duke of the Brabant, (future Leopold II, 1835 - 1909, best known for the scandalous nature of his colony in the Congo); his brother Prince Philippe, Count de Flandre (1837 - 1905); and his sister the Princess Charlotte (1840 - 1927), the future Empress of Mexico.
[Ref: 8319] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Belgium: Nicolas Rockox]
[Andrew Geddes after Rubens]
Etching, platemark 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾").
Nicolas Rockox (1560-1640), Burgomaster of Antwerp and patron of Rubens. He is remembered by the Museum Rockoxhuis in his former residence in the city. Copy after Rubens by the Scottish painter and etcher Andrew Geddes (1783-1844). The Oxford DNB states that 'as an etcher Geddes ranks higher than as a painter; his plates may be regarded as among the very earliest examples in modern British art of the brilliancy, concentration, and spirited selection of line proper to a ‘painter's-etching’'. This plate is one of ten he published in 1826.
CD 45.vii
[Ref: 36807] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Vue des Environs d'Anvers.
Brugles de Velours pinx. J.P. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, No.32. [n.d. c.1780.]
Copper engraving. Plate 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Scuff to the lower right-hand corner just outside image. Uncut, fine.
Travellers walk, and ride along the dirty and bumpy track to. Weary travellers rest to the side of the road the dry bones of a horse represent the harsh life of an itinerant worker. Engraved after Jan Brueghel the Elder, frequently referred to as 'Velvet' Brueghel, as here.
[Ref: 16493] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Triumphal arch used for the entry of Ernst, Archduke of Austria, into Antwerp on 14 June 1594] Forma Portae Triumphalis Hispanorum
[by Pieter van der Borcht, c.1595]
Engraving with letterpress verso, sheet 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"). Trimmed.
Spanish triumphal arch, from a festival book commemorating the entry of the Archduke Ernst into the city the previous year ('Descriptio Publicae Gratulationis, Spectaculorum, et Ludorum [...]' by Jean Boch). The book was first published by the great Antwerp publisher Johannes Moretus in 1595, but this is possibly from a later edition. Ernst (1553-95) became Governor of the Catholic provinces in the Low Countries after the death of the Prince of Parma in 1592.
[Ref: 38458] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Antwerp] Clocher de l'Eglise Cathedralle d'Anvers bati de pierre du haut en bas.
à Anvers Chez Philippe Ville.
Engraving, ADI watermark. 520 x 355mm (20½ x 14") very large margins. Uncut.
An elevation of he Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp. The original intention was to have twn towers, but the second was never completed.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54966] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Antwerp] Eglise de Notre Name à Anvers.
Jos. Hunin Del. et Sculp. Mechl. 1813.
Sumpt. le Pottevin De La Croix.
Engraving. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), with large margins. Some spotting in margins. Uncut. Some rippling centre.
The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp. The original intention was to have two towers, but the second was never completed.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54965] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

The Marriage Room in the Hotel de Ville_Antwerp [on stone].
[L. Haghe.]
[London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph, image 285 x 375mm. 11¼ x 14¾".
Figures inside the magnificently-decorated Town Hall at Antwerp, Belgium. By Louis Haghe (1806-1885) for the First Series (of 3) of his 'Sketches in Belgium and Germany' (1840-50).
Abbey Travel 35, 5.
[Ref: 26813] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Bourse_Antwerp [on stone].
LH[aghe] 1840 [in image.]
[London: Hodgson & Graves, 1840.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph, image 270 x 380mm. 10¾ x 15".
Figures inside the Stock Exchange at Antwerp in Belgium, built in 1531. It was the first building in the world designed as stock and trade exchange. The entire complex burned down in 1858. The present construction is the 19th century neo-gothic renovation. This original building was greatly admired by everyone, including Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the architecture heavily influenced Gresham's Royal Exchange of London. By Louis Haghe (1806-1885) for the First Series (of 3) of his 'Sketches in Belgium and Germany' (1840-50).
Abbey Travel 35, 13.
[Ref: 26810] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Berentrode.
Jac. Harrewyn fecit 1696.
Copper engraving. Sheet 190 x 295mm, 7½ x 11½". Trimmed inside plate mark.
A country house in Berentrode, Belgium.
[Ref: 16480] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Vue des Environs de Bruxelles.
Brugles de Velours pinx. J.P. Le Bas Sculp.
A Paris chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, No.32. [n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Plate 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Large margins.
A scene in the countryside outside of Brussels. Cows are being herded as they walk past the stream. A carraige has arrived with people returning from market. In the background, a man attends to the wood, and a group of people drink and chatter in the road. Engraved after Jan Brueghel the Elder, frequently referred to as 'Velvet' Brueghel, as here.
[Ref: 16495] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Booklet of 25 view of Brussels and environs.]
Lith par Jobard freres.
[n.d., c.1830.]
25 numbered plates, stitched on left side, each sheet 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"). First and last plate badly worn, some spotting and discolouration on other plates.
A collection of plates, not bound in plate number order.
[Ref: 49791] £480.00 view all images for this item

Town Hall Brussels.
L Haghe.
[London: Thomas McLean, 1850.]
Tinted lithograph, 1st state, printed in blue and brown, finished by hand. 420 x 275mm (16½ x 10¾"), trimmed to image and laid on card, as issued. A little wear to backing card.
By Louis Haghe (1806-85) for 'Haghe's Portfolio of Sketches. Belgium. Germany', the last of three series of views of the region.
Abbey Travel 41.
[Ref: 55563] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Brussel, een groote Stadt in t'Hartogdom Brabant.
Pet: Schenk exc: Amstel: cum Privil: [n.d., c.1702.]
Engraving, 210 x 265mm. 8¼ x 10½". Staining to extremities only.
Panoramic view of Brussels, Belgium. Engraved and published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenk (1660 - 1718/1719). Titles in Dutch, to left, and Latin. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
Hollstein, vol XV, nos.1306-1405.
[Ref: 11473] £320.00

Vue du Grand Marche a Bruxelles. Collection des Prospects. Prospect des grossen Karel Blazes in der haupt u: Kelin Stadt Brüssel in den Osterreichischen Niederlanden. Vüe du grand marché à Bruxelles capitale du pais-bas autrichien.
F. Leizel sc. Ridderbosch del.
Se vend a Augsbourgh dans le Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire, sous son Privilege et avec defense de n'en faire ni vendres des Copies. [n.d. c.1770.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate 286 x 407mm. 11¼ x 16".
The Grand Place (Grote Markt) the central square of Brussels, surrounded by guildhalls, the Town Hall to the left, and the Breadhouse; vue d'optique.
[Ref: 27597] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

La Maison de La Villa a Bruxelles. Das Prachtige Rathauss zu Brussel. Vue du Maison de la Ville a Bruxelles.
Bergmuller delineavit et Sculpsit.
Se vend à Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts liberaux avec Privilege de sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies. [n.d. c.1770.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate 297 x 406mm (11¾ x 16"). Slight paper toning.
A view of the Grand Place (Grote Markt), the central square of Brussels, surrounded by guildhalls and the Town Hall, the Gothic building of the middle ages; vue d'optique.
[Ref: 30352] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The famous park of Enghien.] 't Vermaarde Park van Anguien.
[after Romeyn de Hooghe.]
tot Amsterdam By Nicolaus Visscher met Privilegie.
Engraving. Two sheets conjoined, total approx. 1170 x 485mm (46 x 19"). Folds.
The top pair of sheets of a very large view of the park at Enghien in Belgium, with putti holding allegorical elements. Romeyn de Hooghe produced a number of views of the park, including a single-sheet bird's-eye view using this design for the title. If this is an enlarged version it would consist of six sheets. We have been unable to trace another.
[Ref: 34027] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[A Cafe, Furnes.]
Frank Brangwyn [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1908.]
Etching with pencil signature; paper watermarked. Plate 350 x 254mm (13¾ x 10"). 100 proofs published, plate destroyed. Fine Art 125.
A cafe in Furnes (Veurne), West Flanders, near to Brangwyn's native town of Bruges. Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) the Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator.
[Ref: 30672] £380.00

[Het Rabot, Ghent.]
Frank Brangwyn [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1910.]
Etching. Plate: 125 x 100mm, (5 x 4") with very large margins. Creasing in right margin.
'Het Rabot', a two-towered fortified gateway built in 1491 to block a weak spot in the city's defences. Within the fort is a sluice controlling the water of the River Lieve, which could be used to flood the area around the city when needed for defence. Sir Frank William Brangwyn (1867-1956).
[Ref: 40531] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Perystile de l'universite a Gand. Peristile of the university at Ghent.
H. Borremans, del. et lith.
Lith. de P. Degobert, a Bruxelles. Depose. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 220 x 265mm. 8¾ x 10½".
The grand portico and facade of Ghent University, Belgium, by Louis Roelandt, a Belgian architect who played an important role in the evolution of Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Classical architecture in Belgium. Published in Brussels, probably a book illustration.
[Ref: 11671] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Liège] L’Abbaye du Val Benoit [pencil].
P. Daxhelete [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. 270 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), very large margins..
Destroyed in the Second World War and a replica built. By Paul Alfred Marie Daxhelet (1905-93).
[Ref: 49790] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

On the Sambre Old Namur.
J. Alphege Brewer. [pencil signature.]
Coloured etching. 357 x 527mm. 14 x 20¾".
The Sambre is a river in northern France and Wallonia, southern Belgium. Namur, as seen here, is at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers.
Guichard: pg.71, Appendix 1 'Minor Etchers'.
[Ref: 14893] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Namurcum, Nam. Region. opp. ad Mosae Sabisque confluentes; loci natura muntissimum.
Pet: Schenk exc: Amsteled: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1702.]
Engraving, 210 x 265mm. 8¼ x 10½". Staining to extremities only.
Panoramic view of Namur in Wallonia, southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and (since 1986) of the Walloon Region. Engraved and published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenk (1660 - 1718/1719). Titles in Latin, to left, and Dutch. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
Hollstein, vol XV, nos.1306-1405.
[Ref: 11472] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

at Rotterdam. 1837 [to plate lower left.]
T.M.R. Junr. [in plate.] C. Hullmandel's lithography.
[London, 1837.]
Sepia tinted lithograph heightened in white, image 255 x 365mm. 10 x 14¼".
Attractive view of buildings, shipping and figures in Rotterdam, Netherlands. From the folio 'Sketches on the Continent' by Thomas Miles Richardson II (1813 - 1890).
Abbey Travel: 30, 20. Provenance Sitwell family, Renishaw Hall, Sheffield, Derbyhire
[Ref: 13698] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Pieter Johan van Berckel, Minister-Plenipotentiaris van den Staet der Vereenigde Nederlanden Bij de Staten van Noord-Amerika, Raed in de Vroedschap en Oud-Burgemeester der Staad Rotterdam. enz. enz. enz.
F.J. Pfeiffer, ad viv delin. L. Brasser. sculps.
A. Blussé & Fil. excud. [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet: 330 x 240mm (13 x 9½''). Trimmed within plate. Bit dusty.
A portrait of Dutch politician Pieter Johan van Berckel (1725-1800) who served as Mayor of Rotterdam and then as the first Dutch ambassador to the U.S.A. 1783-8
[Ref: 50587] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Surrender of Breda] Rendicion de la Plaza de Breda. El cuadro original existe en el R.l Museo de Madrid.
D. Velasquez de Silva lo pintó. F. De Craene lo lit.o. J. de Madrazo lo dirigió.
Imp. en el R.l Est.o lit.o de Madrid. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 395 x 460mm (15½ x 18"). Laid on album paper.
The surrender of Breda in 1625, during the Eighty Years' War, with the Spanish commander Ambrosio Spínola treating the governor of Breda with respect after a courageous defence of the city. The original painting by Diego Velasquez is now in the Prado Museum. This lithograph is from the 'Colección lithographica de cuadros del rey de España el señor Fernando VII'.
From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33304] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Brielle] Brilium, Holandiae opp. ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum,Quod Anno Partae Salutis, M.D.LXXII. Callend Aplis, Hic Initium Sumpsit, Famosum.
[Engraved by Frans Hogenberg.]
[Cologne, c.1575.]
Engraved map. 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼"). Text page on reverse laid onto album paper, split in centre fold in bottom margin.
An early town plan of Brielle (Del Briel) in the Netherlands, orientated with north to the bottom of the map, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first systematic atlas of townplans. The title celebrates the capture of the port on 1 April 1572 by a fleet of Dutch nobles rebelling against Spanish rule in the Netherlands. It proved to be a turning point in fortunes of the Low Countries in the Eighty Years' War.
[Ref: 61104] £160.00

Grand hospice du béguinage à Bruxelles.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10½''), with large margins.
A view of the Grand hospice de béguinage in Brussels, now know as the Hospice Pachéco which was built between 1824 and 1827.
[Ref: 48215] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

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