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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[India] Alfonso de Albuquerque II.d Governor of India. 1509.](jpegs/66724.jpg)
[India] Alfonso de Albuquerque II.d Governor of India. 1509. Engraved for a General Collection of Voyages, from an Authenticated Copy from the Royal Printing house at Lisbon.
Silva pinx.t. Wooding Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving, 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Portuguese general Afonso de Albuquerque (c.1453-1515), who served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515.
[Ref: 66724] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Silva pinx.t. Wooding Sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving, 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6"), with large margins.
A half-length portrait of Portuguese general Afonso de Albuquerque (c.1453-1515), who served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515.
[Ref: 66724] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pierre Bayle] Baelius hic ille est cujus dum scripta vigebunt Lis erit, oblectent, erudiant ne magis.](jpegs/66725.jpg)
[Pierre Bayle] Baelius hic ille est cujus dum scripta vigebunt Lis erit, oblectent, erudiant ne magis.
Jam.s Smith Sculpsit 1733 [after [Carle Van Loo].
Engraving, 320 x 190mm (12½ x 7½"). Creased.
Portrait of French philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), the frontispiece to 'Bayle's General Dictionary'.
[Ref: 66725] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Jam.s Smith Sculpsit 1733 [after [Carle Van Loo].
Engraving, 320 x 190mm (12½ x 7½"). Creased.
Portrait of French philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), the frontispiece to 'Bayle's General Dictionary'.
[Ref: 66725] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[India] Alfonso de Albuquerque, A.D.1509.](jpegs/66975.jpg)
[India] Alfonso de Albuquerque, A.D.1509. Governor of India.
[n.d., c.1792. Published by C.Forster.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 90mm (4¼ x 3½"). Trimmed and backed into album paper.
Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 145 - 1515), Portuguese general, admiral, statesman and conquistador. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean and built a reputation as a fierce and skilled military commander.
[Ref: 66975] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1792. Published by C.Forster.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 90mm (4¼ x 3½"). Trimmed and backed into album paper.
Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 145 - 1515), Portuguese general, admiral, statesman and conquistador. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean and built a reputation as a fierce and skilled military commander.
[Ref: 66975] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Florence.]](jpegs/66777.jpg)
[Florence.]
SBella cum priv.
[n.d., c.1655.]
Etching. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at corners.
A woman on horseback descending a hill past a tree towards Florence.
[Ref: 66777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
SBella cum priv.
[n.d., c.1655.]
Etching. Sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7¼"). Trimmed into plate, mounted on card at corners.
A woman on horseback descending a hill past a tree towards Florence.
[Ref: 66777] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden]](jpegs/66734.jpg)
[Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden] Gustavus Adolphus D.G. Suecor. Gothor: et Vandalor: Rex Magn: Prin: Finl: Dux eth: Careliæ Dom: Ingr. ec.
Sebastian Furck fecit [after Jacob Hoefnagel?].
[n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7), large margins. Creasing, laid on album paper.
Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden (1594-1632), who laid the foundations for the modern Swedish state and made it a major European power. After a painting in Sweden's Royal Armoury attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-1630).
[Ref: 66734] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Sebastian Furck fecit [after Jacob Hoefnagel?].
[n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving. 275 x 175mm (10¾ x 7), large margins. Creasing, laid on album paper.
Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden (1594-1632), who laid the foundations for the modern Swedish state and made it a major European power. After a painting in Sweden's Royal Armoury attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-1630).
[Ref: 66734] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry IV] Le Roy part pour la guerre d'Allemagne.](jpegs/66868.jpg)
[Henry IV] Le Roy part pour la guerre d'Allemagne.
Rubens Pinxit J.B. Nattier delineavit. J. Audran sculpsit.
A Paris chez le S.r Duchange Graveur du Roy rüe S.t Jacques audessus de la rüe des Mathurins. Avec Privilege du Roy [n.d., c.1710.]
Etching with engraving. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"), large margins. Mount burn.
Henri IV conferring the Regency to Marie de' Medici when he leaves for the war in Germany in 1609 (The War of the Jülich Succession). The Dauphin (later Louix XIII) takes her hand. Behind the queen are Prudence and Generosity.
[Ref: 66868] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Rubens Pinxit J.B. Nattier delineavit. J. Audran sculpsit.
A Paris chez le S.r Duchange Graveur du Roy rüe S.t Jacques audessus de la rüe des Mathurins. Avec Privilege du Roy [n.d., c.1710.]
Etching with engraving. 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"), large margins. Mount burn.
Henri IV conferring the Regency to Marie de' Medici when he leaves for the war in Germany in 1609 (The War of the Jülich Succession). The Dauphin (later Louix XIII) takes her hand. Behind the queen are Prudence and Generosity.
[Ref: 66868] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lake Como.]](jpegs/66691.jpg)
[Lake Como.] Veduta della Villa D'Esta altre volte il Garuvo sul Lago di Como.
G.Castellini dis. L.Rados inc.
[c.1830.] Milano presso Francesco Bernucca Contrada de'tre Alberghi No.4091.
Very fine lithograph. 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 9"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into lower plate and backed onto album paper.
A view of Lake Como, Italy. In the foreground are two boats, in the background the Villa d'Este, originally Villa del Garovo, a Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. In 1815, the villa became the residence of Caroline of Brunswick, estranged wife of the future King George IV.
[Ref: 66691] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.Castellini dis. L.Rados inc.
[c.1830.] Milano presso Francesco Bernucca Contrada de'tre Alberghi No.4091.
Very fine lithograph. 195 x 225mm (7¾ x 9"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into lower plate and backed onto album paper.
A view of Lake Como, Italy. In the foreground are two boats, in the background the Villa d'Este, originally Villa del Garovo, a Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy. In 1815, the villa became the residence of Caroline of Brunswick, estranged wife of the future King George IV.
[Ref: 66691] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Benoit Archiduc D'Autriche &.a &.a &a...
Invente et Grave par F: Harrewyn.
Dedie par son tres humble et tres Obeisant Serviteur F. Harrewyn ABruxelles 17[illegible]. [n.d. c1771]
Very rare engraving, sheet 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Damaged to margins top & right. Small margins on 3 sides. Cut at bottom.
Full-length portrait of Joseph II (1741–90), swishing his volumnous robes and touching the hilt of his sword, against a background of curtains an ornate chair and a crown on a table. Frans Harrewyn (1700-64) was an etcher and bookseller, mainly active in Brussels. Son of Jacobus (1660-1727) and a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708)
[Ref: 66919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Invente et Grave par F: Harrewyn.
Dedie par son tres humble et tres Obeisant Serviteur F. Harrewyn ABruxelles 17[illegible]. [n.d. c1771]
Very rare engraving, sheet 390 x 280mm (15½ x 11"). Damaged to margins top & right. Small margins on 3 sides. Cut at bottom.
Full-length portrait of Joseph II (1741–90), swishing his volumnous robes and touching the hilt of his sword, against a background of curtains an ornate chair and a crown on a table. Frans Harrewyn (1700-64) was an etcher and bookseller, mainly active in Brussels. Son of Jacobus (1660-1727) and a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708)
[Ref: 66919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis XIIII King of France & Navarre.
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed close to plate bottom left, small scuffed area in left border.
A half-length portrait in oval of Louis XIV (1638-1715), in ornate armour, wig and lace cravat.
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66762] £480.00
P. Tempest ex: [n.d., c.1690.]
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 150 x 120mm (6 x 4¾"). Trimmed close to plate bottom left, small scuffed area in left border.
A half-length portrait in oval of Louis XIV (1638-1715), in ornate armour, wig and lace cravat.
Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66762] £480.00
![[Francesco Morosini] The Victorious Francis Morosini, Knt](jpegs/66764.jpg)
[Francesco Morosini] The Victorious Francis Morosini, Knt and Procurator of S.t Marke, Capitaine Generalle of the Venetian Forces by Sea & Land againt y.e Turks.
P. V. Sickeleers fecit. R. White Sculp.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-length portrait in oval of Venetian general Francesco Morosini (1619-94), one of the leaders of the Great Turkish War, in which Venice captured the Morea from the Ottoman Empire. When he briefly captured Athens his forces accidently destroyed much of the Parthenon. The portrait predates his election as Doge in 1688.
[Ref: 66764] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
P. V. Sickeleers fecit. R. White Sculp.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 300 x 200mm (11¾ x 8"). Trimmed within plate.
A half-length portrait in oval of Venetian general Francesco Morosini (1619-94), one of the leaders of the Great Turkish War, in which Venice captured the Morea from the Ottoman Empire. When he briefly captured Athens his forces accidently destroyed much of the Parthenon. The portrait predates his election as Doge in 1688.
[Ref: 66764] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Conflagration Of Moscow, Seen From The Kremlin, On the entrance of the French Army the 14.th September, 1812; the view taken on the spot by John Vendramini.
London. Published November 5.th 1812, by the Proprietor.
Scarce aquatint with hand colour, 390 x 530mm (15½ x 21"). Tears going into image repaired with tape. Puncture in image. Wormhole in image. Small margins.
View of the 1812 Fire of Moscow; three officers on horseback occupy the central foreground, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower to the left, and in the distance fire and smoke billow from behind churches and other buildings. On 14 September, during the French invasion of Russia, Napoleon led an army of about 100,000 into Moscow, only to find the city abandoned and deliberately set aflame by its military governor, Fyodor Rostopchin.
[Ref: 67027] £320.00
London. Published November 5.th 1812, by the Proprietor.
Scarce aquatint with hand colour, 390 x 530mm (15½ x 21"). Tears going into image repaired with tape. Puncture in image. Wormhole in image. Small margins.
View of the 1812 Fire of Moscow; three officers on horseback occupy the central foreground, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower to the left, and in the distance fire and smoke billow from behind churches and other buildings. On 14 September, during the French invasion of Russia, Napoleon led an army of about 100,000 into Moscow, only to find the city abandoned and deliberately set aflame by its military governor, Fyodor Rostopchin.
[Ref: 67027] £320.00
Nurnberg.
C. Scharff del. J. S. Leitner fec.
Hoeres Weigilu Senioris excudit. [n.d. c.1740]
Rare engraving, 510 x 235mm (20 x 9¼"), on laid watermarked paper. Crease in centre where previously folded, reinforced with tape. Tears just going into image repaired with tape. Creases. Trimmed to margin left and right.
A panoramic view of the town of Nuremberg, with German key underneath. Publisher is the heirs of Weigel, presumably Christoph; the firm of Christoph Weigel was continued after his death by his widow, together with his daughter Barbara Sibylla and her second huband, Martin Tyroff whom she married in 1729. After the widow's death Tyrhoof carried on the firm using the term 'Cristoph Weigels Erben.'
[Ref: 67025] £360.00
C. Scharff del. J. S. Leitner fec.
Hoeres Weigilu Senioris excudit. [n.d. c.1740]
Rare engraving, 510 x 235mm (20 x 9¼"), on laid watermarked paper. Crease in centre where previously folded, reinforced with tape. Tears just going into image repaired with tape. Creases. Trimmed to margin left and right.
A panoramic view of the town of Nuremberg, with German key underneath. Publisher is the heirs of Weigel, presumably Christoph; the firm of Christoph Weigel was continued after his death by his widow, together with his daughter Barbara Sibylla and her second huband, Martin Tyroff whom she married in 1729. After the widow's death Tyrhoof carried on the firm using the term 'Cristoph Weigels Erben.'
[Ref: 67025] £360.00
Paul Pelisson. Maitre des Requestes et de l'Academie francoise.
Edelinck Sculp. C.P.R.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"), large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of French writer Paul Pellisson (1624-93), official historian to Louix XIV. From "Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle, avec leurs portraits au naturel", by Gerard Edelinck.
[Ref: 66742] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Edelinck Sculp. C.P.R.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"), large margins.
A half-length portrait in oval of French writer Paul Pellisson (1624-93), official historian to Louix XIV. From "Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle, avec leurs portraits au naturel", by Gerard Edelinck.
[Ref: 66742] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Philippus de Vierde, Konink van Spanje, &c. &c. &c.
[Benjamin Picart?]
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Philip IV of Spain (1605-65).
[Ref: 66738] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Benjamin Picart?]
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Philip IV of Spain (1605-65).
[Ref: 66738] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Philippus dictus V. Rex Hispaniæ et Indiarum Bourbonius Dux d' Anjou.
[n.d., c.1720,]
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5¼"), large margins
Philip V of Spain (1683-1746), grandson of Louis XIV of France. Philip's coronation as king of Spain in 1700 raised the spectre of the French and Spainish thrones being united, leading to the War of the Spanish Succession.
[Ref: 66739] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1720,]
Engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5¼"), large margins
Philip V of Spain (1683-1746), grandson of Louis XIV of France. Philip's coronation as king of Spain in 1700 raised the spectre of the French and Spainish thrones being united, leading to the War of the Spanish Succession.
[Ref: 66739] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Pompei. Maison de Diomede.
Dessine d'apres nature et lith par Ph Benoist. Imp Lemercier a Paris.
[c.1850.] Paris, Bulla Editeur 18, rue Tiquetonne et (Mon.Aumont) Francois Delarue, Succ rue JJ Rousseau, 10.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½").
A view of the Villa of Diomedes, an ancient Roman villa near Pompeii, Italy. The villa is located just outside the city walls of Pompei, at the Via dei Sepolcri to the Gate of Herculaneum. It was excavated by Francesco La Vega from 1771 to 1774 and named after Marcus Arrius Diomedes, whose grave is opposite the entrance to the villa, though it is not clear that it was his villa
[Ref: 66692] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine d'apres nature et lith par Ph Benoist. Imp Lemercier a Paris.
[c.1850.] Paris, Bulla Editeur 18, rue Tiquetonne et (Mon.Aumont) Francois Delarue, Succ rue JJ Rousseau, 10.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½").
A view of the Villa of Diomedes, an ancient Roman villa near Pompeii, Italy. The villa is located just outside the city walls of Pompei, at the Via dei Sepolcri to the Gate of Herculaneum. It was excavated by Francesco La Vega from 1771 to 1774 and named after Marcus Arrius Diomedes, whose grave is opposite the entrance to the villa, though it is not clear that it was his villa
[Ref: 66692] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
His Excellency Peter John Potemkin Ambass.or Extraordinary from the Czar of Moscovy to his Ma.tie of great Brittain. 1682.
G. Kneller pinx. AB [Abraham Blooteling] fe:
[n.d., c.1682.]
Scarce mezzotint, fine impression. Sheet 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of Russian diplomat Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (1617-1700) who served as ambassador in Europe for Tsars Alexis I and Feodor III.
CS p.69.
[Ref: 66811] £380.00
G. Kneller pinx. AB [Abraham Blooteling] fe:
[n.d., c.1682.]
Scarce mezzotint, fine impression. Sheet 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark.
A portrait of Russian diplomat Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (1617-1700) who served as ambassador in Europe for Tsars Alexis I and Feodor III.
CS p.69.
[Ref: 66811] £380.00
![[Rosaspina's Drawing School.]](jpegs/66680.jpg)
[Rosaspina's Drawing School.]
G. Giani dis. G. Tomba inc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraving with etching. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Repaired tear top left, surface soiling.
An interior of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, with a class of students sketching seated around a table lit by lamps. Francesco Rosaspina (1762-1841) sits at the end of the table, with women only allowed to watch. The walls are filled with prints and drawings. The print was also published in 1811 by Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, with the title ''Rosapina's Zeichnungsschule''.
[Ref: 66680] £360.00
G. Giani dis. G. Tomba inc.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraving with etching. 320 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Repaired tear top left, surface soiling.
An interior of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, with a class of students sketching seated around a table lit by lamps. Francesco Rosaspina (1762-1841) sits at the end of the table, with women only allowed to watch. The walls are filled with prints and drawings. The print was also published in 1811 by Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, with the title ''Rosapina's Zeichnungsschule''.
[Ref: 66680] £360.00
Sebastianus de Eerste, Konig van Portugael en Algarbe, etc.
[Benjamin Picart?]
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Bottom left corner damaged, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Sebastian I (1554-78), king of Portugal. He died in battle, aged 24, leading a crusade against Morocco and his body never found.
[Ref: 66737] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Benjamin Picart?]
[n.d., c.1728.]
Engraving. 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Bottom left corner damaged, laid on album paper.
A half-length portrait in oval of Sebastian I (1554-78), king of Portugal. He died in battle, aged 24, leading a crusade against Morocco and his body never found.
[Ref: 66737] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Zurich.
Lith par Hostein figures par Bayot. Lith. de Benard et Frey.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A view of Zurich, Switzerland, from a hill overlooking the town and lake. Men and women gather in the foreground, a woman is washing clothes in the water basin.
[Ref: 66690] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lith par Hostein figures par Bayot. Lith. de Benard et Frey.
[n.d.,c.1850.]
Fine coloured lithograph. Sheet 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A view of Zurich, Switzerland, from a hill overlooking the town and lake. Men and women gather in the foreground, a woman is washing clothes in the water basin.
[Ref: 66690] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)