A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Cards] Recreatio juvenilis.](jpegs/68137.jpg)
[Cards] Recreatio juvenilis. Die Ergözkichkeit oder der Zeitvertreib.
Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 210 x 305mm (8¼ x 12"), large margins on 3 sides. Foxing, narrow margin top right and slight staining.
An afternoon gathering, with a card game on one table and men smoking at another. Through arches an ornamental garden can be seen.
[Ref: 68137] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 210 x 305mm (8¼ x 12"), large margins on 3 sides. Foxing, narrow margin top right and slight staining.
An afternoon gathering, with a card game on one table and men smoking at another. Through arches an ornamental garden can be seen.
[Ref: 68137] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Die Spieler. The Gamesters.
Caravagio pinx.t. W. French sc.
Dresdener Galerie [n.d. c.1850].
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed losing platemark at top.
Two card players, shown half-length at a table: the player on the left conceals a card in his right hand while watching as an accomplice stealthily approaches his opponent from behind, signalling three with his right hand, sword poised in his left. The painting is in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, long thought to be by Caravaggio (1571–1610), it was reattributed to Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) in 1906. Engraved by the English engraver William French (1815–1898), who produced engravings after works by English contemporaries as well as old masters.
Ex: Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68154] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)
Caravagio pinx.t. W. French sc.
Dresdener Galerie [n.d. c.1850].
Engraving, sheet 230 x 305mm (9 x 12"). Trimmed losing platemark at top.
Two card players, shown half-length at a table: the player on the left conceals a card in his right hand while watching as an accomplice stealthily approaches his opponent from behind, signalling three with his right hand, sword poised in his left. The painting is in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, long thought to be by Caravaggio (1571–1610), it was reattributed to Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) in 1906. Engraved by the English engraver William French (1815–1898), who produced engravings after works by English contemporaries as well as old masters.
Ex: Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68154] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)
The North London Working Classes, Industrial Exhibition, (West View.) Agricultural Hall Islington.
W.J. Shephard, del. et Lith. Castle S.t Holborn.
[n.d., c.1864.]
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 250mm (8¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, around title at bottom.
The interior of the Agricultural Hall, once one of the largest exhibition halls in the world. It is now the Business Design Centre.
[Ref: 67855] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.J. Shephard, del. et Lith. Castle S.t Holborn.
[n.d., c.1864.]
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 250mm (8¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, around title at bottom.
The interior of the Agricultural Hall, once one of the largest exhibition halls in the world. It is now the Business Design Centre.
[Ref: 67855] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[King Card designs from Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards]](jpegs/68152.jpg)
[King Card designs from Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards]
[after Francis Barlow] [Printed by E. & G. Goldsmid]
[Aungervyle Society] [n.d. c.1886]
Engraving, sheet 185 x 115mm (7½ x 4½") Trimmed within plate.
A facsimile edition of the engraved playing cards 'The Knavery of the Rump', originally published in 1679. The cards offer a satirical depiction of Oliver Cromwell’s government during the Rump Parliament (1648–1653). This facsimile edition was published by the Aungervyle Society and printed by E. & G. Goldsmid of Edinburgh in 1886, featuring coloured backs and bearing the title 'A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68152] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[after Francis Barlow] [Printed by E. & G. Goldsmid]
[Aungervyle Society] [n.d. c.1886]
Engraving, sheet 185 x 115mm (7½ x 4½") Trimmed within plate.
A facsimile edition of the engraved playing cards 'The Knavery of the Rump', originally published in 1679. The cards offer a satirical depiction of Oliver Cromwell’s government during the Rump Parliament (1648–1653). This facsimile edition was published by the Aungervyle Society and printed by E. & G. Goldsmid of Edinburgh in 1886, featuring coloured backs and bearing the title 'A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards'.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68152] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
La Soeur donne les Etrennes a son Frere.
J.B. Huet del. Bonnet direx 1791.
A Paris chez Bonnett, rue du Platre S. Jacques, N.º 12.
Rare crayon-manner etching, printed in colours, in ink verso F.A. Maglin 1899. Sheet 185 x 215mm (7¼ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
The sister gives a New Year's gift of a puppet to her brother.
[Ref: 68119] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. Huet del. Bonnet direx 1791.
A Paris chez Bonnett, rue du Platre S. Jacques, N.º 12.
Rare crayon-manner etching, printed in colours, in ink verso F.A. Maglin 1899. Sheet 185 x 215mm (7¼ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
The sister gives a New Year's gift of a puppet to her brother.
[Ref: 68119] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Roland.
[Armand Gustav Houbigant] [V. Dambrin?]
[n.d. c.1816]
Hand-coloured engraving, sheet 80 x 55mm (3¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed within plate.
From, 'Dames de France.' Armand Gustave Houbigant (1789–1862) designed a new series of playing cards around 1816, drawing on realistic portrayals of historical figures to free players from what he saw as the dull, standardized “portraits” then in use. The court cards depict members of the dynasties of Charlemagne, Saint Louis, Francis I, and Henry IV. Houbigant’s designs appeared in multiple editions of differing quality, including a special issue produced to mark the marriage of the Duke of Berry in 1820, 'Histoire de France,' published in Paris by V. Dambrin. These cards subsequently inspired numerous imitations and helped establish a new genre of playing cards based on historical costume. A playing card, ace or jack of spades, Roland (c.736-78) (Hroudland) stands in armour holding his shiled and legendary sword Durendal (Durandal) with a dog by his side.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68151] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Armand Gustav Houbigant] [V. Dambrin?]
[n.d. c.1816]
Hand-coloured engraving, sheet 80 x 55mm (3¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed within plate.
From, 'Dames de France.' Armand Gustave Houbigant (1789–1862) designed a new series of playing cards around 1816, drawing on realistic portrayals of historical figures to free players from what he saw as the dull, standardized “portraits” then in use. The court cards depict members of the dynasties of Charlemagne, Saint Louis, Francis I, and Henry IV. Houbigant’s designs appeared in multiple editions of differing quality, including a special issue produced to mark the marriage of the Duke of Berry in 1820, 'Histoire de France,' published in Paris by V. Dambrin. These cards subsequently inspired numerous imitations and helped establish a new genre of playing cards based on historical costume. A playing card, ace or jack of spades, Roland (c.736-78) (Hroudland) stands in armour holding his shiled and legendary sword Durendal (Durandal) with a dog by his side.
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68151] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)