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![[Astronomy] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, &c. This Magazine is most humbly Dedicated by the Proprietors.](jpegs/62376.jpg)
[Astronomy] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, &c. This Magazine is most humbly Dedicated by the Proprietors.
B. Cole sc.
[London: John Hinton, c.1752.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, small tear taped, paper toned.
The prince (later George III) is given a lesson in astronomy, an adaptation of Le Bas's engraving of Galileo giving a demonstration to the Doge of Venice. The frontispiece from an issue of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62376] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
B. Cole sc.
[London: John Hinton, c.1752.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, small tear taped, paper toned.
The prince (later George III) is given a lesson in astronomy, an adaptation of Le Bas's engraving of Galileo giving a demonstration to the Doge of Venice. The frontispiece from an issue of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62376] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joseph Banks Bar.t K.B. P.R.S. From the original of Sir Thomas Lawrence in The British Museum. Drawn by W.m Derby (with the Permission of the Trustees) and engraved by H. Robinson.
London, Published Jan. 1 1831 by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East
Stipple. 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences, who took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771).
[Ref: 62083] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published Jan. 1 1831 by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East
Stipple. 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences, who took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771).
[Ref: 62083] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tycho Brahé Astronome. Ne a Knud- Strup pres d'Helsinborg en Dannemare le 19 x.bre 1546. Mort a Prague le 24 Octobre 1601.
[after Jacques de Gheyn II]
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of Tycho Brahe, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of the Elephant, holding glove and resting hand on ledge. Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe 1546 -1601) was a Danish astrologer, alchemist and astronomer known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations.
Not in Wellcome: 405.
[Ref: 62426] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[after Jacques de Gheyn II]
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of Tycho Brahe, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of the Elephant, holding glove and resting hand on ledge. Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe 1546 -1601) was a Danish astrologer, alchemist and astronomer known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations.
Not in Wellcome: 405.
[Ref: 62426] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J.W.H. Conradi.
L.E. Grimm fec. ad vivum Cassel 1826.
Etching. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"), with very large margins. Mounted in album paper at sides.
Johann Wilhelm Heinrich Conradi (1780-1861), German doctor, author of medical books and professor of medicine at Heidelburg then Göttingen.
Wellcome 661-6
[Ref: 62198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
L.E. Grimm fec. ad vivum Cassel 1826.
Etching. 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"), with very large margins. Mounted in album paper at sides.
Johann Wilhelm Heinrich Conradi (1780-1861), German doctor, author of medical books and professor of medicine at Heidelburg then Göttingen.
Wellcome 661-6
[Ref: 62198] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Nicolas Copernic. Dedie a Monsieur De Sartine...
Dessine et Grave par N. Dandeleau.
Se Vend a Paris Chez Mr. Fallery Horloger... Et Chez l'Auteur Rue du Four, pres de la Croix Rouge, Chez un Boulanger No.73 [n.d., c.1790].
Very rare engraving. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Some time staining.
Oval bust portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543), mathematician and the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology. By Nicolas Dandeleau (b.1749); from the portrait which is part of the collection held in the Museum of Thorn, Poland.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 62427] £450.00
Dessine et Grave par N. Dandeleau.
Se Vend a Paris Chez Mr. Fallery Horloger... Et Chez l'Auteur Rue du Four, pres de la Croix Rouge, Chez un Boulanger No.73 [n.d., c.1790].
Very rare engraving. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Some time staining.
Oval bust portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543), mathematician and the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology. By Nicolas Dandeleau (b.1749); from the portrait which is part of the collection held in the Museum of Thorn, Poland.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 62427] £450.00
Georgius Edwards R.S.S. Ætat Suae 60 AD 1754 Nat. Mar. 23. April 3.
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best known for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1.
[Ref: 62079] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best known for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1.
[Ref: 62079] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Field.]](jpegs/62289.jpg)
[George Field.]
R. Rothwell, Esq. R.H.A. Pinx. D. Lucas Sculp.t.
Published by Geo. Field, Islesworth, Sept. 1843.
Mezzotint. 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Mounted in album paper.
George Field (c.1777-1854), chemist specialising in pigments and dyes, author of 'Chromatography; or, a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of their Powers in Painting', 1835.
[Ref: 62289] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. Rothwell, Esq. R.H.A. Pinx. D. Lucas Sculp.t.
Published by Geo. Field, Islesworth, Sept. 1843.
Mezzotint. 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Mounted in album paper.
George Field (c.1777-1854), chemist specialising in pigments and dyes, author of 'Chromatography; or, a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of their Powers in Painting', 1835.
[Ref: 62289] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Great Meteor, which appeared November 6, 1803. As Seen at Greenwich. Copied from the Philisophical Magazine by permission. As Seen Near Soho Square. Copied from Mr Nicholson's Journal by Permission.
Published Feb.y 1 1804 by Richard Phillips, N.º 71, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾"). Binding folds.
Four depictions of the meteor.
[Ref: 62207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published Feb.y 1 1804 by Richard Phillips, N.º 71, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾"). Binding folds.
Four depictions of the meteor.
[Ref: 62207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gideon Harvey] Gedeon Harvæus utriusque med. et Phil. Doctor apud Londonensis practicus, et colleg. med Hagiens, quondam Socius.](jpegs/62081.jpg)
[Gideon Harvey] Gedeon Harvæus utriusque med. et Phil. Doctor apud Londonensis practicus, et colleg. med Hagiens, quondam Socius.
Pierre Philippe Sculp.
Hague Comitis Anno 1663.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, old folds, mounted in album paper at edges.
Gideon Harvey (c.1640-c.1700), physician to Charles II, holding a skull. A senior member of the Royal College of Physicians, he classified the physicians of the College into six groups: the chalybeates, medical ass-drivers, Jesuitical doctors, medical water-bailiffs, butcher doctors and muck doctors. Each type, Harvey maintained, cured disease by different means. Published 1663 as the frontispiece to his 'New Principles of Philosophy'.
W: 1311-2.
[Ref: 62081] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Pierre Philippe Sculp.
Hague Comitis Anno 1663.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, old folds, mounted in album paper at edges.
Gideon Harvey (c.1640-c.1700), physician to Charles II, holding a skull. A senior member of the Royal College of Physicians, he classified the physicians of the College into six groups: the chalybeates, medical ass-drivers, Jesuitical doctors, medical water-bailiffs, butcher doctors and muck doctors. Each type, Harvey maintained, cured disease by different means. Published 1663 as the frontispiece to his 'New Principles of Philosophy'.
W: 1311-2.
[Ref: 62081] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Phrenological Observations on the Head of Robert Burns.
Clements.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving and letterpress. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Laid on album paper.
In 1834, when the poet's crypt was re-opened to place the remains of Jean Armour, his widow, a cast was made of Robert Burns's skull by local phrenologists. The cast was sent to the Committee of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh under George Combe, who performed a 'blind' study.
[Ref: 62241] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Clements.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving and letterpress. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Laid on album paper.
In 1834, when the poet's crypt was re-opened to place the remains of Jean Armour, his widow, a cast was made of Robert Burns's skull by local phrenologists. The cast was sent to the Committee of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh under George Combe, who performed a 'blind' study.
[Ref: 62241] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Watch & Clock Makers] T. Wilson, Watch & Clock Maker, Barnard Castle.](jpegs/62283.jpg)
[Watch & Clock Makers] T. Wilson, Watch & Clock Maker, Barnard Castle. [&] T. Softly, Watch & Clock Maker, Jweller, Silversmith & Ironmonger, Barnard Castle.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two rare engraved watch-papers. Each c. 55mm (2½") diameter, mounted together on album paper. Trimmed, some damage.
Thomas Softly was active from 1868-76.
[Ref: 62283] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two rare engraved watch-papers. Each c. 55mm (2½") diameter, mounted together on album paper. Trimmed, some damage.
Thomas Softly was active from 1868-76.
[Ref: 62283] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)