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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Willem Barentsz in the Arctic] The Ice Bear attack'd & Killed w.th Lances.](jpegs/55648.jpg)
[Willem Barentsz in the Arctic] The Ice Bear attack'd & Killed w.th Lances. 7.
S. V. de Melen delin. E. Kirkhall fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Fine mezzotint. 175 x 200mm (7 x 8") with very large margins. Repaired tear leaving crease in title.
A scene from the second voyage of Willem Barentsz (c. 1550-97) into the Arctic in search of a Northeast Passage in 1595. A polar bear attacked a shore party, killing two crewmen before being killed itself. On their third expedition (1596) Barentsz and his crew were stranded on Nova Zembla Island for the winter. Needing to hunt polar bears for food, they were the first to record that the bears' livers were toxic (due to the high concentratin of vitamin A).
[Ref: 55648] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
S. V. de Melen delin. E. Kirkhall fecit.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Fine mezzotint. 175 x 200mm (7 x 8") with very large margins. Repaired tear leaving crease in title.
A scene from the second voyage of Willem Barentsz (c. 1550-97) into the Arctic in search of a Northeast Passage in 1595. A polar bear attacked a shore party, killing two crewmen before being killed itself. On their third expedition (1596) Barentsz and his crew were stranded on Nova Zembla Island for the winter. Needing to hunt polar bears for food, they were the first to record that the bears' livers were toxic (due to the high concentratin of vitamin A).
[Ref: 55648] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Six Military Scenes from the History of Louis XIV, King of France]](jpegs/24017.jpg)
[Six Military Scenes from the History of Louis XIV, King of France]
Vmeulen jn. et ex. cum privil Regis...HB fe.
[n.d., c.1667-70]
Six etchings, each approx 100 x 135mm (4 x 5¼"). Slighty foxing, damage to corners in two, two glued to backing sheet.
Six military scenes from a set of eight etched by Jan van Huchtenburg (1647-1733) after Adam Francois van der Meulen, who also published the prints. Although not dated on the prints, these etchings can be dated to 1667-70, during which time van Huchtenburg worked for van der Meulen in Paris.
see Hollstein 15-22 for the set. All state II/II
[Ref: 24017] £320.00 view all images for this item
Vmeulen jn. et ex. cum privil Regis...HB fe.
[n.d., c.1667-70]
Six etchings, each approx 100 x 135mm (4 x 5¼"). Slighty foxing, damage to corners in two, two glued to backing sheet.
Six military scenes from a set of eight etched by Jan van Huchtenburg (1647-1733) after Adam Francois van der Meulen, who also published the prints. Although not dated on the prints, these etchings can be dated to 1667-70, during which time van Huchtenburg worked for van der Meulen in Paris.
see Hollstein 15-22 for the set. All state II/II
[Ref: 24017] £320.00 view all images for this item
![[Andrew Montgomerie.]](jpegs/65189.jpg)
[Andrew Montgomerie.] To the Right Hon.ble the Marquis of Carnarvan one of the Lords of the Bed Chamber to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales & K.t of the msot Hon.ble Order of the Bath, Grand Master of the Antient & Hon.ble Society of Free & Accepted Masons. This Plate is Humbly Dedicated by his Lordships most Obedient Humble Servant Montgomerie Garder of ye Grand Lodge.
A.V.Meulen, Pinx. A.V.Haecken, fecit.
1738. London, Printed for John Bowles at ye Black Horse in Cornhill. Published according to Act of Parliament.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Andrew Montgomerie (d. 1757), Wigmaker and 'Garder' of the grand lodge of freemasons. He holds a sword of the masons in right hand across his breast, his left hand resting on gloves beside a pair of dividers on a table.
CS 11 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65189] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A.V.Meulen, Pinx. A.V.Haecken, fecit.
1738. London, Printed for John Bowles at ye Black Horse in Cornhill. Published according to Act of Parliament.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Small margins. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Andrew Montgomerie (d. 1757), Wigmaker and 'Garder' of the grand lodge of freemasons. He holds a sword of the masons in right hand across his breast, his left hand resting on gloves beside a pair of dividers on a table.
CS 11 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65189] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)