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![[Ammonites.]](jpegs/9393.jpg)
[Ammonites.]
Geo. West del et lith.; Geo. West del Lens Aldous lith.
W. West imp; Hullmandel & Walton imp.; Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. Phil. Trans. MDCCCLIX; Phil. Trans. MDCCCLX.
Lithographs, 270 x 190mm. 10½ x 7½". Some foxing.
Eight plates from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for years 1859 and 1860 to accompany essays written in that publication. Founded in 1665 and still running, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is now the world's longest-running scientific journal. On a separate sheet is written by hand: 'drawings of Ammonites from the Library of R.J. Mann M.D. at 98 Bolingbroke Grove Wandsworth Common SW.' Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals and provide most fossils found on the Jurassic coast.
[Ref: 9393] £160.00 view all images for this item
Geo. West del et lith.; Geo. West del Lens Aldous lith.
W. West imp; Hullmandel & Walton imp.; Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen. Phil. Trans. MDCCCLIX; Phil. Trans. MDCCCLX.
Lithographs, 270 x 190mm. 10½ x 7½". Some foxing.
Eight plates from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for years 1859 and 1860 to accompany essays written in that publication. Founded in 1665 and still running, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is now the world's longest-running scientific journal. On a separate sheet is written by hand: 'drawings of Ammonites from the Library of R.J. Mann M.D. at 98 Bolingbroke Grove Wandsworth Common SW.' Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals and provide most fossils found on the Jurassic coast.
[Ref: 9393] £160.00 view all images for this item
An Old Oak, at Chenies, Hertfordshire.
H.W. Burgess delt. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 430 x 298mm. 17 x 11¾".
Henry William Burgess (1815-1839, fl), was a painter, draughtseman, etcher and lithographer of landscape and architecture, especially tress and scenes from England and continental Europe. Atmospheric scene with pigs grazing under the tree.
[Ref: 16323] £140.00 (£164.50 incl.VAT)
H.W. Burgess delt. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 430 x 298mm. 17 x 11¾".
Henry William Burgess (1815-1839, fl), was a painter, draughtseman, etcher and lithographer of landscape and architecture, especially tress and scenes from England and continental Europe. Atmospheric scene with pigs grazing under the tree.
[Ref: 16323] £140.00 (£164.50 incl.VAT)
Animals Etched by Letitia Byrne From the Most Esteemed Masters.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etched titlepage and twelve plates. Each c.135 x 170mm, 5¼ x 6¾", sheet size. Trimmed within plate.
A mixture of lions, wolves, deer and wild boar, with domestic animals like sheep, goats, cows & donkeys.
Letitia Byrne (1779-1849), daughter of William Byrne the landscape engraver and publisher. She is best known for etching the 40 plates of Paul Amsinck's 'Description of Tunbridge Wells and Its Neighbourhood' in 1810.
[Ref: 13387] £480.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etched titlepage and twelve plates. Each c.135 x 170mm, 5¼ x 6¾", sheet size. Trimmed within plate.
A mixture of lions, wolves, deer and wild boar, with domestic animals like sheep, goats, cows & donkeys.
Letitia Byrne (1779-1849), daughter of William Byrne the landscape engraver and publisher. She is best known for etching the 40 plates of Paul Amsinck's 'Description of Tunbridge Wells and Its Neighbourhood' in 1810.
[Ref: 13387] £480.00 view all images for this item
Aspin.
J. Cozens [scratched in image lower right.]
Pub, July 1. 1814, by W.H. Pyne, Cecil Stt. Strand.
Soft ground etching in sepia, 325 x 390mm. Trimmed into plate lower left, ink stains upper left (outside image).
The artist is John Robert Cozens (1752 - 1797), son of Alexander Cozens (1717 - 1786), the drawing master and landscape-painter in water-colours. From the 1814 edition of his 'Series of 13 Trees' first published in 1789, and with the original publication line faintly visible in image lower left.
On J. Whatman paper watermarked 1813.
[Ref: 8011] £230.00
J. Cozens [scratched in image lower right.]
Pub, July 1. 1814, by W.H. Pyne, Cecil Stt. Strand.
Soft ground etching in sepia, 325 x 390mm. Trimmed into plate lower left, ink stains upper left (outside image).
The artist is John Robert Cozens (1752 - 1797), son of Alexander Cozens (1717 - 1786), the drawing master and landscape-painter in water-colours. From the 1814 edition of his 'Series of 13 Trees' first published in 1789, and with the original publication line faintly visible in image lower left.
On J. Whatman paper watermarked 1813.
[Ref: 8011] £230.00
Graphic Illustrations Of Animals, Shewing Their Utility To Man, In Their Services During Life And Uses After Death. The Ass.
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 415mm. 14¼ x 16¼". Vertical centrefold as normal.
A central illustration of an ass is surrounded by eight vignette scenes depicting the commercial uses and relationship to man of the animal, in life and death (each captioned).
Plate to 'Graphic Illustrations Of Animals', illustrated by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
Numbered 'Pl. 6' upper right.
[Ref: 10526] £130.00 (£152.75 incl.VAT)
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 415mm. 14¼ x 16¼". Vertical centrefold as normal.
A central illustration of an ass is surrounded by eight vignette scenes depicting the commercial uses and relationship to man of the animal, in life and death (each captioned).
Plate to 'Graphic Illustrations Of Animals', illustrated by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807 - ?1889), artist and sculptor of natural history subjects. In 1852 he was appointed director of the fossil department at the Crystal Palace, where he worked with Richard Owen on the famous models of dinosaurs and other extinct lifeforms.
Numbered 'Pl. 6' upper right.
[Ref: 10526] £130.00 (£152.75 incl.VAT)
![[Bears in Canada.]](jpegs/8698.jpg)
[Bears in Canada.]
G. Watson.
Etching, 120 x 110mm. 4¾ x 4¼". Tear on right. Signed in pencil by artist. Scarce.
Canadian Interest. A large bear moving towards a cave, with two smaller bears following. On the reverse the following is handwritten in biro: 'a friend of ours does these etchings- there are bears only about 10 miles from us! You might tell father that I have sold over a dozen watercolours- all the B.C. scene.'
[Ref: 8698] £130.00 (£152.75 incl.VAT)
G. Watson.
Etching, 120 x 110mm. 4¾ x 4¼". Tear on right. Signed in pencil by artist. Scarce.
Canadian Interest. A large bear moving towards a cave, with two smaller bears following. On the reverse the following is handwritten in biro: 'a friend of ours does these etchings- there are bears only about 10 miles from us! You might tell father that I have sold over a dozen watercolours- all the B.C. scene.'
[Ref: 8698] £130.00 (£152.75 incl.VAT)
![('Black Buck') The Alarm [in pencil]](jpegs/8951.jpg)
('Black Buck') The Alarm [in pencil]
Horace W. Williamson [signature in pencil]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8" x 10½". Small crease in the paper.
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a species of antelope found mainly in India, but also in parts of Pakistan and Nepal.
[Ref: 8951] £180.00 (£211.50 incl.VAT)
Horace W. Williamson [signature in pencil]
[n.d. c.1930.]
Etching. Plate 203 x 266mm. 8" x 10½". Small crease in the paper.
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a species of antelope found mainly in India, but also in parts of Pakistan and Nepal.
[Ref: 8951] £180.00 (£211.50 incl.VAT)
A New Book of Flowers. Price 1s..
Dodd, Vanquier, Pillement, delin. du Four Sculp.
Published and Sold by F. Vivares Jany. 1767.
A rare and attractive set of six engraved plates on watermarked laid paper (numbered upper right), stitched, each c.115 x 160mm. 4½ x 6¼". The first plate browned and slightly stained and soiled; the remainder generally good (tatty extremities). All with full margins.
After Daniel Dodd (1761 - 1780; fl.), portrait and flower painter in crayons and miniature, occasionally in oils.
[Ref: 13341] £320.00 view all images for this item
Dodd, Vanquier, Pillement, delin. du Four Sculp.
Published and Sold by F. Vivares Jany. 1767.
A rare and attractive set of six engraved plates on watermarked laid paper (numbered upper right), stitched, each c.115 x 160mm. 4½ x 6¼". The first plate browned and slightly stained and soiled; the remainder generally good (tatty extremities). All with full margins.
After Daniel Dodd (1761 - 1780; fl.), portrait and flower painter in crayons and miniature, occasionally in oils.
[Ref: 13341] £320.00 view all images for this item
![[Wild-Bull.]](jpegs/15911.jpg)
[Wild-Bull.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Woodcut. Printed area 160 x 260mm, 6¼ x 10¼". Some damp staining.
A similar representation to Thomas Bewick's Wild Bull. Standing looking to right with rough ground underfoot.
Not in Boalch.
[Ref: 15911] £450.00
[n.d., c.1820.]
Woodcut. Printed area 160 x 260mm, 6¼ x 10¼". Some damp staining.
A similar representation to Thomas Bewick's Wild Bull. Standing looking to right with rough ground underfoot.
Not in Boalch.
[Ref: 15911] £450.00
Bump-Ology
[J.M.Burbank del.t.]
[Published by L.Burback, c.1840].
Coloured lithograph. 290 x 240mm. Trimmed to image, laid on card, title pasted on verso.
A monkey feels the bumps on a cat's head. Behind them is a human phrenology head.
[Ref: 1093] £60.00 (£70.50 incl.VAT)
[J.M.Burbank del.t.]
[Published by L.Burback, c.1840].
Coloured lithograph. 290 x 240mm. Trimmed to image, laid on card, title pasted on verso.
A monkey feels the bumps on a cat's head. Behind them is a human phrenology head.
[Ref: 1093] £60.00 (£70.50 incl.VAT)