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Amboine. Soldat de la milice Malaise. Officier de la garde bourgeoise.
de Sainson pinxt. Kœppelin lith.
J. Tastu, Editeur. Lith. de Bichebois ainé, rue cléry, 23. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with original hand colour, large publisher's stamp at bottom. Printed area 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼") large margins. Toning at edges.
Two illustrations of uniforms of the Dutch colony of Amboine: on the left a soldier of the local militia, on the right a European officer. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 53485] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
de Sainson pinxt. Kœppelin lith.
J. Tastu, Editeur. Lith. de Bichebois ainé, rue cléry, 23. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with original hand colour, large publisher's stamp at bottom. Printed area 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼") large margins. Toning at edges.
Two illustrations of uniforms of the Dutch colony of Amboine: on the left a soldier of the local militia, on the right a European officer. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 53485] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Amboine. Passar ou Marché au quartier Malais. Boutique au quartier Chinois.
de Sainson pinxt. Alexis Noël lith.
J. Tastu, Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with original colour. Large publisher's stamp at bottom. Printed area 400 x 280mm. Toning to edges.
A covered market and a shop on Amboine. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 53484] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
de Sainson pinxt. Alexis Noël lith.
J. Tastu, Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with original colour. Large publisher's stamp at bottom. Printed area 400 x 280mm. Toning to edges.
A covered market and a shop on Amboine. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 53484] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Effigies R. P. Lanceloti Andrewes Episcopi Wintoniensis. See heer a Shadow from that setting Sunne,/ Whose glorious course through this Horizon runn/ Left the dimm face of our dull Hemisphere,/ All one great Eye all drown'd in one great Teare./ Whose rare industrious Soule led his free thought/ Through Learning's Universe, and (vainly) soughy/ Room for her spacious Self; untill at length/ She found y.e way home: with an holy strength/ Snatch't herself hence to Heav'n; fill'd a bright place/ 'Midst those immortal Fires, and on the face/ Of her Great Maker, fixt a flaming eye,/ Where still she reads true, pure Divinitie./ And now y.t grave Aspect hath deign'd to shrink/ Into this lesse appearance. If you think/ 'Tis but a dead face, Art doth heer bequeath/ Look at the following leaves & see him breath.
John Payne fecit.
Are to be sold by R. Badger dwelling at Stationers Hall 1635
Fine engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Trimmed to image. Sheet in fragile condition with two tears to the top and right edges.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) was an English bishop and scholar. He was well respected in his community and often had royal audiences. A highlight of his career was his involvment in the translation of the king James Bible.
[Ref: 53750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
John Payne fecit.
Are to be sold by R. Badger dwelling at Stationers Hall 1635
Fine engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Trimmed to image. Sheet in fragile condition with two tears to the top and right edges.
Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) was an English bishop and scholar. He was well respected in his community and often had royal audiences. A highlight of his career was his involvment in the translation of the king James Bible.
[Ref: 53750] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Photograph of an angler fishing in the River Purwell, Ickleford, with another of the same location.]](jpegs/53755.jpg)
[Photograph of an angler fishing in the River Purwell, Ickleford, with another of the same location.]
Photographed by T.B. Lachmore, Bancroft Street, Hitchin.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two photographs. 185 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½").
Two photographs of a house by the side of the River Purwell, Ickleford, Herts. One has an angler, probably the owner of the house, fishing. The house still exists, where the Arlsey Road crosses the river.
[Ref: 53755] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Photographed by T.B. Lachmore, Bancroft Street, Hitchin.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Two photographs. 185 x 240mm (7¼ x 9½").
Two photographs of a house by the side of the River Purwell, Ickleford, Herts. One has an angler, probably the owner of the house, fishing. The house still exists, where the Arlsey Road crosses the river.
[Ref: 53755] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Brazilian animal]](jpegs/53710.jpg)
[Brazilian animal] [Between these Trees he saw as strange a Monster, the foremost part resembling a Fox, the hinder a Monkey, the Feet were like a Mans, with Ears like an Owl; under whose Belly hung a great Bag, in which it carry'd the Young."]
[London: John Ogilby, 1671.]
Engraving. 130 x 165mm (5 x 6¾"). Trimmed from a larger sheet of text.
An illustration of a creature seen in Brazil, published Ogilby's 'America', a translation of the work by Arnoldus Montanus. The description, as above, comes from the text, not present here. It seems to be an exaggerated account of either an oppossum or a giant anteater.
[Ref: 53710] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: John Ogilby, 1671.]
Engraving. 130 x 165mm (5 x 6¾"). Trimmed from a larger sheet of text.
An illustration of a creature seen in Brazil, published Ogilby's 'America', a translation of the work by Arnoldus Montanus. The description, as above, comes from the text, not present here. It seems to be an exaggerated account of either an oppossum or a giant anteater.
[Ref: 53710] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
D. Antonius van Dyck Eques. [In image] Ant Van Dyck pinxit. De Larmessin Sculp.
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 135 (7½ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Foxing along the left margin.
Half portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), back turned and looking over his shoulder. Van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist and, after artistic success in the Netherlands and Italy, was recruited as a court painter in England. He was granted a knighthood by Charles I.
[Ref: 53791] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 135 (7½ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Foxing along the left margin.
Half portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), back turned and looking over his shoulder. Van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist and, after artistic success in the Netherlands and Italy, was recruited as a court painter in England. He was granted a knighthood by Charles I.
[Ref: 53791] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Pierre Aretin. Ne a Arezzo en Toscane, mort environ l'an 1556. age de 65 ans.
Titianus pinxit.W Hollar fecit 1647.
Etching, 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) was a well-regarded Italian author, poet and playwright as well as an influential satirist and notorious blackmailer. He was a close friend of Titian, who painted his portrait many times.
Pennington 1346 iii of iii.
[Ref: 53770] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Titianus pinxit.W Hollar fecit 1647.
Etching, 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning
Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) was a well-regarded Italian author, poet and playwright as well as an influential satirist and notorious blackmailer. He was a close friend of Titian, who painted his portrait many times.
Pennington 1346 iii of iii.
[Ref: 53770] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 380 x 485mm (15 x 19"), very large margins.
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: 53577] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed and Drawn on Stone by W Hawkins.
Published by Thomas Varty, 31, Strand, London. [n.d., c.1850.]
Fine hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 380 x 485mm (15 x 19"), very large margins.
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: 53577] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Her Royal Highness Augusta Princess of Wales, &c.
Chas. Philips ad Vivum pinxt. 1737. I. Faber fecit.
Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Sheet trimmed to plate size. Slight creasing in upper & lower left corner.
Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719-72); wearing a bodice with lace around the neck-line, frilled sleeves, panniers decorated with tassels, an ermine-lined cloak, and a crown. Her left hand pointing out to the side, towards the base of a pillar with carved motif of the Prince of Wales's feathers in the right background. Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, married Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1736. She was mother of George III. John Faber Jr after Charles Philips (1708 - 1747).
Chaloner Smith 19, I of II. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53617] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Chas. Philips ad Vivum pinxt. 1737. I. Faber fecit.
Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Sheet trimmed to plate size. Slight creasing in upper & lower left corner.
Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719-72); wearing a bodice with lace around the neck-line, frilled sleeves, panniers decorated with tassels, an ermine-lined cloak, and a crown. Her left hand pointing out to the side, towards the base of a pillar with carved motif of the Prince of Wales's feathers in the right background. Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, married Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1736. She was mother of George III. John Faber Jr after Charles Philips (1708 - 1747).
Chaloner Smith 19, I of II. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53617] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Tho: Barlow. S. S. Theol: Dr. Coll: Reg: Praepositus, et pro. D. Margareta SS. Theol. Professor Publicus. Oxon. A.o 1672. Herculeus ultra quem jactat rauca columnas/ Fama (nec officio par tamen illa suo)/ En tibi BARLOUM, potuit qua Sculptor, at ipsa/ Arte licet claram vincit ut umbra manum!/ Ora venusta vides, et nobilis Atria nientis;/ Quad nitet interius nulla Tabella dabit.
D. Loggan ad vivum sculp.
[n.d., c. 1675.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning.
Thomas Barlow (1608/9-1691) was Provost of Queens College, Oxford and bishop of Lincoln under Charles II and James II.
[Ref: 53751] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
D. Loggan ad vivum sculp.
[n.d., c. 1675.]
Engraving. Sheet 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Toning.
Thomas Barlow (1608/9-1691) was Provost of Queens College, Oxford and bishop of Lincoln under Charles II and James II.
[Ref: 53751] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Baccio Bandinel
E. De Boulonois fecit.
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Half portrait of Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488-1560) surrounded by small scale sculptures. Bandinelli was an Italian sculptor influenced by and deeply obsessed with Michelangelo.
[Ref: 53800] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
E. De Boulonois fecit.
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Half portrait of Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488-1560) surrounded by small scale sculptures. Bandinelli was an Italian sculptor influenced by and deeply obsessed with Michelangelo.
[Ref: 53800] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Dr Tom Bentley.]](jpegs/53510.jpg)
[Dr Tom Bentley.]
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching. 340 x 220mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Repaired tear, some surface wear, laid on card.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 53510] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Cavr. Ghezzi. del. [Engraved by Arthur Pond.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching. 340 x 220mm (13¼ x 8¾"). Repaired tear, some surface wear, laid on card.
A caricature of Thomas Bentley LLD (1693 - 1742), classical scholar, probably on his grand tour 1725-6. After Pierleone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755), caricaturist and etcher who worked in Rome. It was used by Hogarth for his plate 'Characters and Caricaturas' to exemplify the difference (as Hogarth saw it) between the caricature of Ghezzi, Leonardo et al, and his own delineation of character.
BM: 1873,0712.643. See Martin Myrone & Tim Batchelor, 'Rude Britannia: British Comic Art'; Bindman: Hogarth and his Times; Hake:80.
[Ref: 53510] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Joh. Henr. Biehler, Joh. Georg. II et Joh. Georg. III. Electorum Sax. Cubicular. in Dresden. Nat. ueising in Wurtenb. 5 Febr. 1633 Denat. 7 Mart. 1698.
D. Richter pinx.
Pet. Schenck fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Slight crease. Small margins.
Johann Heinrich Biehler (1633-98), Jeweler and cubicular (i.e. 'Groom of the Stool') to the elector of Saxony, Johann Georg II and his son Johann Georg III.
[Ref: 53349] £380.00
D. Richter pinx.
Pet. Schenck fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Slight crease. Small margins.
Johann Heinrich Biehler (1633-98), Jeweler and cubicular (i.e. 'Groom of the Stool') to the elector of Saxony, Johann Georg II and his son Johann Georg III.
[Ref: 53349] £380.00
Bliss-and Ton. No. 2. Sketches from the King's Theatre.
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by John Doyle.]
London: Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, June 1, 1835. Printed by Lefevre & Koller.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 220mm (9¾ x 8½").
A portrait of two opera-goers in a box.
[Ref: 53707] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Blue Mosque Cairo]](jpegs/53656.jpg)
[The Blue Mosque Cairo]
Signed in pencil M. Sherlock. Artists Proof 9/30.
[n.d., c.1947.]
Etching. 350 x 250mm (14 x 10").
Marjorie Sherlock (1897-1973). Part of a series Cairo and Egyptians subjects etched and exhibited after the Second World War in Glasgow.
[Ref: 53656] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Signed in pencil M. Sherlock. Artists Proof 9/30.
[n.d., c.1947.]
Etching. 350 x 250mm (14 x 10").
Marjorie Sherlock (1897-1973). Part of a series Cairo and Egyptians subjects etched and exhibited after the Second World War in Glasgow.
[Ref: 53656] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Tychonis Brahe
De L'armessin Sculp
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Light staining across the image.
A half portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), a Dutch astronomer and nobleman. He observed that the moon orbited the Earth and that the planets orbited the Sun - although still believed the Sun orbited the Earth. He wore a prosthetic nose for much of his life after losing his original in a drunken duel with a cousin.
[Ref: 53793] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
De L'armessin Sculp
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Light staining across the image.
A half portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), a Dutch astronomer and nobleman. He observed that the moon orbited the Earth and that the planets orbited the Sun - although still believed the Sun orbited the Earth. He wore a prosthetic nose for much of his life after losing his original in a drunken duel with a cousin.
[Ref: 53793] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Edw.d Bright late of Maldon in Essex. Who died Nov:r 10.1750, Aged 29 Years. He weigh'd 43 Stone & ½ (14tt to ye Stone) which is, 5 hundred, 1 quarter, 21 pound._ Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard. 1751.
Engraving. 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate top and left.
Edward Bright (1721 - 1750), the obese grocer of Maldon.
[Ref: 53687] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard. 1751.
Engraving. 205 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed into plate top and left.
Edward Bright (1721 - 1750), the obese grocer of Maldon.
[Ref: 53687] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street.
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. Bluck Aquat.
London. Pub.1st Octr, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 280mm, 9 x 11", paper watermarked "1808" large margins.
The gaming room at Brooks's, a gentlemen's club founded in 1764, with a barrel-vault ceiling designed by John Adam. Notable members of the club include David Garrick, Herbert Walpole, Joshua Reynolds, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, George IV and William IV.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53543] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. Bluck Aquat.
London. Pub.1st Octr, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 280mm, 9 x 11", paper watermarked "1808" large margins.
The gaming room at Brooks's, a gentlemen's club founded in 1764, with a barrel-vault ceiling designed by John Adam. Notable members of the club include David Garrick, Herbert Walpole, Joshua Reynolds, William Pitt the Younger, William Wilberforce, George IV and William IV.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53543] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Main Gateway, King's College, Cambridge.
N.W. Keates [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Publisher's stamp 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½") large margins.
William Wilkins gatehouse to King's College, Cambridge, erected 1824-28 in the neo-Gothic or Tudor-Gothic style. Millbourn watermark.
[Ref: 53563] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
N.W. Keates [signed in pencil.]
[n.d. c.1925.]
Etching. Publisher's stamp 200 x 270mm (8 x 10½") large margins.
William Wilkins gatehouse to King's College, Cambridge, erected 1824-28 in the neo-Gothic or Tudor-Gothic style. Millbourn watermark.
[Ref: 53563] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cambridge. Trinity College, The Fountain.]](jpegs/53511.jpg)
[Cambridge. Trinity College, The Fountain.]
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 260 x 280mm (10¼ x 11").
The fountain in the Great Court of Trinity College, fed by a conduit leading from a spring more than a mile away.
[Ref: 53511] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Arthur Spencer [pencil signature].
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 260 x 280mm (10¼ x 11").
The fountain in the Great Court of Trinity College, fed by a conduit leading from a spring more than a mile away.
[Ref: 53511] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Polidoro Da Caravagio Pit. [In plate] DL
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait of Caravaggio (1499-1543). Caravaggio was an Italian painter in the post-Renaissance period and a pupil of Raphael.
[Ref: 53787] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
A head and shoulders portrait of Caravaggio (1499-1543). Caravaggio was an Italian painter in the post-Renaissance period and a pupil of Raphael.
[Ref: 53787] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Heironymi Cardani, Mediolanensis, Proxeneta, Seu De Prudentia ciuili Liber: 'Recens in Lucem protractus: vel e tenebris erutus'.
Lugd. Bat. Ex Officina Elzeviriana Anno CIDIDCXXVII [1627].
Engraving, 100 x 55mm (4 x 2¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Frontispiece to the Book 'Recens in Lucem protractus: vel e tenebris erutus' by Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576). He was an Italian polymath, credited with describing apparatus yet to be invented, such as the combination lock. He was a profoundly influential mathematician and wrote over 200 scientific works.
[Ref: 53816] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lugd. Bat. Ex Officina Elzeviriana Anno CIDIDCXXVII [1627].
Engraving, 100 x 55mm (4 x 2¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Frontispiece to the Book 'Recens in Lucem protractus: vel e tenebris erutus' by Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576). He was an Italian polymath, credited with describing apparatus yet to be invented, such as the combination lock. He was a profoundly influential mathematician and wrote over 200 scientific works.
[Ref: 53816] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eight satires as playing cards.]](jpegs/53493.jpg)
[Eight satires as playing cards.] 7. The Sea Lyon. [&] 14. Mons.r Dupe. [&] 15. Mons.r Surecard. [&] 26. Null Marriage. [&] 38. Hic Higer Est ~ Acapulca. [&] 66. The Devil of a Medley. [&] 80. The Court Cards or all Trumps 1756. [&] 90. The Court Cards of 1759, or Hearts is Trump & has Won the Game.
[London, Printed for E. Morris, near St. Paul's.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Eight engravings. Each sheet c. 130 x 100mm (5¼ x 4") large margins.
Eight plates from ''A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757 In a Series of Seventy-five Humorous and Entertaining Prints Containing All the most Remarkable Transactions, Characters and Caricaturas of those two memorable Years''.
BM Satires 3943, 3504, 3506, 3522, 3535, 3574, 3465 & 3699.
[Ref: 53493] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[London, Printed for E. Morris, near St. Paul's.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Eight engravings. Each sheet c. 130 x 100mm (5¼ x 4") large margins.
Eight plates from ''A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757 In a Series of Seventy-five Humorous and Entertaining Prints Containing All the most Remarkable Transactions, Characters and Caricaturas of those two memorable Years''.
BM Satires 3943, 3504, 3506, 3522, 3535, 3574, 3465 & 3699.
[Ref: 53493] £480.00 (£576.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Catherine of Braganza] Katherine Queen Dowager.](jpegs/53658.jpg)
[Catherine of Braganza] Katherine Queen Dowager.
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J.Smith excudit. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5½"). 'dec 1705' in ink under title. Trimmed to plate. Some time staining.
Catherine of Braganza. Originally published by Beckett.
CS: Beckett 13, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53658] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Isaac Beckett.]
J.Smith excudit. [n.d., c.1700.]
Mezzotint. 200 x 145mm (8 x 5½"). 'dec 1705' in ink under title. Trimmed to plate. Some time staining.
Catherine of Braganza. Originally published by Beckett.
CS: Beckett 13, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53658] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Characteristics, or England, Ireland, and Scotland. I say_there's a __ fine Girl! Let's go in & ask if Mr Thomson lives there? & have a Chat with her. / Och _by my Soul but we'll buy Something of the dare Cratur_ Oh the Swate little Jewel! / Hoo't a'wa Mon. Dunn'a throw awa the Siller! we'll jost gang in & a'ask for twa & Sixpence for ha'alfa Croon.
Drawn by M.E. Esq,r. Eng.d by Geo.Hunt.
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. On trimmed paper J. Whatman paper watermarked 1827. Sheet 200 x 200mm (8 x 8"). Pinholes in three corners. Brown spots in title and publishing line.
Three dandies ogling a shop girl through a window, showing their lechery in different ways.
BM Satires 14995; Hickman p.63.
[Ref: 53531] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by M.E. Esq,r. Eng.d by Geo.Hunt.
London, Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket 1827.
Coloured aquatint. On trimmed paper J. Whatman paper watermarked 1827. Sheet 200 x 200mm (8 x 8"). Pinholes in three corners. Brown spots in title and publishing line.
Three dandies ogling a shop girl through a window, showing their lechery in different ways.
BM Satires 14995; Hickman p.63.
[Ref: 53531] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Charles I & Henrietta] Carolus D. G. Angliæ, Scotiæ, et Hiberniæ Rex. etc. Henrietta Maria Borbonia, D.G. Angliæ, Scotiæ, et Hiberniæ Regina, etc.](jpegs/53507.jpg)
[Charles I & Henrietta] Carolus D. G. Angliæ, Scotiæ, et Hiberniæ Rex. etc. Henrietta Maria Borbonia, D.G. Angliæ, Scotiæ, et Hiberniæ Regina, etc.
A. Khol f.
[Nuremberg, n.d., c.1649.]
Scarce engraving. 150 x 225mm (6 x 9"). Creasing, small split in fold, small margins
Engraved by Andreas Khol (1624-57) of Nuremberg, originally on a broadsheet describing the execution of Charles. This is a rare early issue, before the plate was cut to separate the portraits.
Hollstein 11 & 74, not listing the portraits together. See BM Bb,5.212 for broadsheet.
[Ref: 53507] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
A. Khol f.
[Nuremberg, n.d., c.1649.]
Scarce engraving. 150 x 225mm (6 x 9"). Creasing, small split in fold, small margins
Engraved by Andreas Khol (1624-57) of Nuremberg, originally on a broadsheet describing the execution of Charles. This is a rare early issue, before the plate was cut to separate the portraits.
Hollstein 11 & 74, not listing the portraits together. See BM Bb,5.212 for broadsheet.
[Ref: 53507] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Apotheosis of Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. To Perpetuate the Memory of this Amiable Princess, so justly beloved and regretted By the British Nation, This tribute of Respect is most humbly Dedicated to her afflicted Consort His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, by Lieut.t R.P. Read. Proof.
Lieut.t Read Inv.t E. Burney Del.t Fry & Wright Sculp.
London Published June, 4.th 1818, for the Proprietor by J. Rippin, No.21. Theobalds Road.
Stipple. 470 x 325mm (18½ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A tribute to Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) who tragically died following childbirth aged 21. The Princess raised to heaven, people around the tomb weepeing, including Britannia to the left; Windsor Castle seen to left background, where a monument was erected at her tomb in St George's Chapel.
NPG: D33524.
[Ref: 53629] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lieut.t Read Inv.t E. Burney Del.t Fry & Wright Sculp.
London Published June, 4.th 1818, for the Proprietor by J. Rippin, No.21. Theobalds Road.
Stipple. 470 x 325mm (18½ x 12¾"). Trimmed to plate.
A tribute to Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) who tragically died following childbirth aged 21. The Princess raised to heaven, people around the tomb weepeing, including Britannia to the left; Windsor Castle seen to left background, where a monument was erected at her tomb in St George's Chapel.
NPG: D33524.
[Ref: 53629] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the River Thames from Chelsea.
Chas. White, Sct.
[London, n.d., c.1794.]
Rare etching. 120 x 170mm (4¾ x 6¾). Two small stitching marks in the left margin.
A charming view; in the foreground a woman guides a child along the top of a wall. A pedlar approaches from right, his wares in a tray strapped to his front. Numbered 'No.3' upper right, for 'Six Views of the Thames', Laurie & Whittle. After Jean Baptiste Chatelain (1710? - 1771).
Guildhall Library Record: 6832. Longford Images of Chelsea: 201. For an uncut sheet of 'Six Views of the Thames' see ref. 4028.
[Ref: 53573] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Chas. White, Sct.
[London, n.d., c.1794.]
Rare etching. 120 x 170mm (4¾ x 6¾). Two small stitching marks in the left margin.
A charming view; in the foreground a woman guides a child along the top of a wall. A pedlar approaches from right, his wares in a tray strapped to his front. Numbered 'No.3' upper right, for 'Six Views of the Thames', Laurie & Whittle. After Jean Baptiste Chatelain (1710? - 1771).
Guildhall Library Record: 6832. Longford Images of Chelsea: 201. For an uncut sheet of 'Six Views of the Thames' see ref. 4028.
[Ref: 53573] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chelsea Reach, Looking Towards Battersea.]](jpegs/53566.jpg)
[Chelsea Reach, Looking Towards Battersea.]
Walter W Burgess [signed in pencil lower right, with sun symbol.]
[n.d. c.1894.]
Etching.Proof. Plate 180 x 285mm (7 x 11¼") large margins.
Fine view of the Thames. William Walter Burgess [1844 - 1908] annually exhibited his etchings at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1903. Burgess was a full member of the Royal Engravers and such major museums as The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include his etchings in their permanent collections. From: Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess. Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894.
Elizabeth Longford: Images of Chelsea, 223.
[Ref: 53566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Walter W Burgess [signed in pencil lower right, with sun symbol.]
[n.d. c.1894.]
Etching.Proof. Plate 180 x 285mm (7 x 11¼") large margins.
Fine view of the Thames. William Walter Burgess [1844 - 1908] annually exhibited his etchings at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1903. Burgess was a full member of the Royal Engravers and such major museums as The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, include his etchings in their permanent collections. From: Bits of Old Chelsea. A series of forty-one etchings by W. W. Burgess. Kegan Paul & Co.: London, 1894.
Elizabeth Longford: Images of Chelsea, 223.
[Ref: 53566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Foreign Costumes, No.3. Circassia.
L. Mansion del.t.
Published by W. Spooner 259 Regent Street [n.d., c.1830].
Fine lithograph with bright original hand colour, highlighted with gum arabic. Printed area 245 x 150mm (9¾ x 6"). Damp stain in margin bottom left.
A Circassian man wears a turban and has one hand on the hilt of his curved sword. Circassia, a mountainous Muslim country in the Caucasus bank of the Black Sea, was taken by the Russians in 1864; by 1867 90% of the population had been killed or deported to the Ottoman Empire. William Spooner and L. Mansion published a series of fancy national costumes.
See Ref: 17087
[Ref: 53527] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
L. Mansion del.t.
Published by W. Spooner 259 Regent Street [n.d., c.1830].
Fine lithograph with bright original hand colour, highlighted with gum arabic. Printed area 245 x 150mm (9¾ x 6"). Damp stain in margin bottom left.
A Circassian man wears a turban and has one hand on the hilt of his curved sword. Circassia, a mountainous Muslim country in the Caucasus bank of the Black Sea, was taken by the Russians in 1864; by 1867 90% of the population had been killed or deported to the Ottoman Empire. William Spooner and L. Mansion published a series of fancy national costumes.
See Ref: 17087
[Ref: 53527] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Christophorus Clavius.
E. de Boulonois fecit.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Scarce engraving. 330 x 215mm (13 x 8½") Trimmed to image minus left corner. Damaged.
Mathmatician & astronomer, opponent of the heliocentric model of Copernicus, and architect of the Gregorian Calendar.
W621
[Ref: 53661] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
E. de Boulonois fecit.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Scarce engraving. 330 x 215mm (13 x 8½") Trimmed to image minus left corner. Damaged.
Mathmatician & astronomer, opponent of the heliocentric model of Copernicus, and architect of the Gregorian Calendar.
W621
[Ref: 53661] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Vera Effigies Iohannis Cleaveland
Rare engraving. Sheet 130 x 80mm (5 x 3¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Paper is distorted. Minor toning around edges.
John Cleveland (1613-1658) was an English poet and a Royalist supporter during the Civil War.
[Ref: 53734] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Rare engraving. Sheet 130 x 80mm (5 x 3¾"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Paper is distorted. Minor toning around edges.
John Cleveland (1613-1658) was an English poet and a Royalist supporter during the Civil War.
[Ref: 53734] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cockatoo.]](jpegs/53588.jpg)
[Cockatoo.]
32/36. Jan Sirks [pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, limited edition, signed by the artist. 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Paper toned, margins with paper manufacturer's blind stamp.
Jan Sirks (1885-1938) of Rotterdam. Australian interest.
[Ref: 53588] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
32/36. Jan Sirks [pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, limited edition, signed by the artist. 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Paper toned, margins with paper manufacturer's blind stamp.
Jan Sirks (1885-1938) of Rotterdam. Australian interest.
[Ref: 53588] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Catharine Cockburn.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins. Slightly time-stained.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679 - 1749), novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.
[Ref: 53542] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Small margins. Slightly time-stained.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679 - 1749), novelist, dramatist, and philosopher.
[Ref: 53542] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Brandford Court, Yale.
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching, 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½") with large margins.
Yale University.
[Ref: 53604] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
E. Parsons.
[n.d. c. 1930.]
Etching, 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½") with large margins.
Yale University.
[Ref: 53604] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Interview of Cortes and Motezuma in the City of Mexico. Vol. 2 Page. 97. 1. Motezuma in his Royal Robes. 2. Cortes puting a rich Collar about the neck of Motezuma. 3. The Chair and Canopy of Motezuma. 4. The Guard that attended Cortes.
J. Mynde Sc.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Copper Engraving. 225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Large margins on 3 sides. Slight creasing & minor tears along lower edge.
On November 8, 1519, Montezuma (c.1466-1520) met Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) on the causeway leading into Tenochtitlan and the two leaders exchanged gifts. Montezuma gave Cortés the gift of an Aztec calendar, one disc of crafted gold and another of silver. Cortés later melted these down for their material value.
Mayer 'México Ilustrado': p:93.
[Ref: 53568] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Mynde Sc.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Copper Engraving. 225 x 340mm (9 x 13½"). Large margins on 3 sides. Slight creasing & minor tears along lower edge.
On November 8, 1519, Montezuma (c.1466-1520) met Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) on the causeway leading into Tenochtitlan and the two leaders exchanged gifts. Montezuma gave Cortés the gift of an Aztec calendar, one disc of crafted gold and another of silver. Cortés later melted these down for their material value.
Mayer 'México Ilustrado': p:93.
[Ref: 53568] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
New Covent Garden Theatre.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub Jan 1st 1810 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 24 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼) large margins.
The newly-opened theatre, built after the original building burnt down in 1808, itself burning down in 1856. Its replacement become the Royal Opera House in 1892.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53544] £380.00
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub Jan 1st 1810 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 24 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼) large margins.
The newly-opened theatre, built after the original building burnt down in 1808, itself burning down in 1856. Its replacement become the Royal Opera House in 1892.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53544] £380.00
Mrs Cowper Mother of the Poet.
D. Heins Pinx. W Blake sculp.
Publish'd Novemb.r 5. 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard.
Engraving, sheet 205 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Some creasing.
Portrait of Ann Cowper (d.1737), mother of poet William Cowper (1731-1800), engraved by William Blake after a painting by Norwich portrait painter Heins. Published as an illustration in William Hayley's Life of Cowper (1802). Hayley was a patron of Blake and employed him to provide a series of engravings for this project.
O'D 1.
[Ref: 53535] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
D. Heins Pinx. W Blake sculp.
Publish'd Novemb.r 5. 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard.
Engraving, sheet 205 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Some creasing.
Portrait of Ann Cowper (d.1737), mother of poet William Cowper (1731-1800), engraved by William Blake after a painting by Norwich portrait painter Heins. Published as an illustration in William Hayley's Life of Cowper (1802). Hayley was a patron of Blake and employed him to provide a series of engravings for this project.
O'D 1.
[Ref: 53535] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Cowthorpe Oak. Yorkshire.
Drawn by W.H. Hammer Esq.r. F.A.L.S.S. Engraved by J. Laporte.
Publish'd Sep.r 1, 1806, by J. Laporte, 21 Winchester Row, Edgware Road.
Lithograph. In ink under artist "girth 47 feet". Sheet 360 x 525mm (14 x 20¾"). Some small stains, creasing.
Portrait of an ancient oak tree, so famous that it was sketched by J.M.W. Turner. Believed to pre-date the Norman Conquest, it was already on the decline when this view was taken, but it was only when it was hit by lightning in 1950 that it died. However acorns from it have been planted as far away as New Zealand.
See Ref: 57657
[Ref: 53584] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by W.H. Hammer Esq.r. F.A.L.S.S. Engraved by J. Laporte.
Publish'd Sep.r 1, 1806, by J. Laporte, 21 Winchester Row, Edgware Road.
Lithograph. In ink under artist "girth 47 feet". Sheet 360 x 525mm (14 x 20¾"). Some small stains, creasing.
Portrait of an ancient oak tree, so famous that it was sketched by J.M.W. Turner. Believed to pre-date the Norman Conquest, it was already on the decline when this view was taken, but it was only when it was hit by lightning in 1950 that it died. However acorns from it have been planted as far away as New Zealand.
See Ref: 57657
[Ref: 53584] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
François Cramer Esq.r. From the original picture in the possession of M.r Marshall, Oxford. This Portrait is dedicated with respect to the Conductors of the Music Meetings of the Choirs of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester by their most obedient Serv.t James Wyatt.
Published by James Cyatt, Carver & Gilder, Oxford, June 6th 1826. To be had of C. Lonsdale, 26 Old Bond Street, London.
Engraving. 355 x 270mm (14 x 10¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
Franz or François Cramer (1772-1848), an English violinist and conductor who was the Master of the King's Musick from 1834 until his death. He was appointed to this post by King William IV and, following the King's death in 1837, he continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
[Ref: 53829] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Published by James Cyatt, Carver & Gilder, Oxford, June 6th 1826. To be had of C. Lonsdale, 26 Old Bond Street, London.
Engraving. 355 x 270mm (14 x 10¾"). Trimmed close to plate.
Franz or François Cramer (1772-1848), an English violinist and conductor who was the Master of the King's Musick from 1834 until his death. He was appointed to this post by King William IV and, following the King's death in 1837, he continued as Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria.
[Ref: 53829] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Effigies of the Right Hon.ble William Earle of Craven, Viscount Craven of Uffington, Baron Craven of Hampsted = Marshall, Lord Leiutenant of the County of Middlesex and Borough of Southwarke, and one of the Lords of his Majestys most Hon.ble privy Councell &ca.
[Anon., 1679.]
Engraving. 265 x 170mm (10½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate, and laid on backing paper.
Portrait of William, Earl of Craven; one hand on his helmet to the right, the other holding a truncheon. Illustration to John Guillim's, 'Display of Heraldrie' (1679). William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-1697), an English nobleman, Royalist and soldier. He fought for Frederick V on the Continent and fell in love with his wife, Elizabeth of Bohemia, the daughter of James I. On the outbreak of civil war in 1642, Craven was living at The Hague with Elizabeth, whom he supported financially for many years. He took no direct part in the civil wars, but his royalist sympathies and and financial assistance to the Crown provoked retaliation- in 1651 his English estates were seized and sold to raise funds for the Commonwealth fleet.
NPG: D29510.
[Ref: 53630] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., 1679.]
Engraving. 265 x 170mm (10½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate, and laid on backing paper.
Portrait of William, Earl of Craven; one hand on his helmet to the right, the other holding a truncheon. Illustration to John Guillim's, 'Display of Heraldrie' (1679). William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-1697), an English nobleman, Royalist and soldier. He fought for Frederick V on the Continent and fell in love with his wife, Elizabeth of Bohemia, the daughter of James I. On the outbreak of civil war in 1642, Craven was living at The Hague with Elizabeth, whom he supported financially for many years. He took no direct part in the civil wars, but his royalist sympathies and and financial assistance to the Crown provoked retaliation- in 1651 his English estates were seized and sold to raise funds for the Commonwealth fleet.
NPG: D29510.
[Ref: 53630] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Crucifixion.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Wood engraving with bright original hand colour. Printed area 160 x 345mm (6¼ x 13½").
Christ on the Cross with two weeping women, the thieves and the Roman soldiers plating dice for his robe. The soldier about to spear Jesus is mounted on a splendid stallion.
[Ref: 53450] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Wood engraving with bright original hand colour. Printed area 160 x 345mm (6¼ x 13½").
Christ on the Cross with two weeping women, the thieves and the Roman soldiers plating dice for his robe. The soldier about to spear Jesus is mounted on a splendid stallion.
[Ref: 53450] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Finding of Cyrus. From the Original Picture, Painted by Benedetto Castiglione, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Orford, at Houghton: To whom this Plate is most, Humbly Dedicated, by his Lordship's Most Obliged, and Most Obedient Servant, John Boydell.
Benadetto Castiglione pinxit. E. Edwards delin.t. John Boydell Sculpsit & excudit.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London; Jan.y 1st. 1767.
Fine engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"), with large margins.
A shepherd and his wife finding the infant Cyrus being suckled by a dog. Cyrus's grandfather, alarmed by a prophecy that his grandson would dethrone him, gave orders to cast the baby into the wilderness. Rescued by a shepherd and his wife, Cyrus returns to fulfil the prophecy in 559 BC, becoming king of Persia and creating the first Persian Empire. This plate was engraved from a painting in the collection of Robert Walpole at Houghton in Norfolk and subsequently sold to Catherine the Great of Russia. It is now residing in the Hermitage, as 'Childhood of King Cyrus', attributed to Antonio Maria Vassallo rather than Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 53470] £320.00
Benadetto Castiglione pinxit. E. Edwards delin.t. John Boydell Sculpsit & excudit.
Published by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London; Jan.y 1st. 1767.
Fine engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"), with large margins.
A shepherd and his wife finding the infant Cyrus being suckled by a dog. Cyrus's grandfather, alarmed by a prophecy that his grandson would dethrone him, gave orders to cast the baby into the wilderness. Rescued by a shepherd and his wife, Cyrus returns to fulfil the prophecy in 559 BC, becoming king of Persia and creating the first Persian Empire. This plate was engraved from a painting in the collection of Robert Walpole at Houghton in Norfolk and subsequently sold to Catherine the Great of Russia. It is now residing in the Hermitage, as 'Childhood of King Cyrus', attributed to Antonio Maria Vassallo rather than Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 53470] £320.00
Dantes Aligerius Florent.
E. De Boulonois fecit.
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
A half portrait of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), inclined to the left in an oval frame. Dante is possibly the most well remembered poet of the Middle Ages, particularly the Divine Comedy and its depictions of heaven and hell.
[Ref: 53799] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
E. De Boulonois fecit.
From 'Academie des Science et des Arts', Amsterdam 1682.
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
A half portrait of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), inclined to the left in an oval frame. Dante is possibly the most well remembered poet of the Middle Ages, particularly the Divine Comedy and its depictions of heaven and hell.
[Ref: 53799] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
David & Goliath. 1st Samuel, Chap.r 17 Verses 41 to 49.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare wood engraving with bright original hand colour. Printed area 160 x 345mm (6¼ x 13½").
A youthful David with crook and sling confront the massive Goliath between the armies of Israel and the Philistines.
[Ref: 53451] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare wood engraving with bright original hand colour. Printed area 160 x 345mm (6¼ x 13½").
A youthful David with crook and sling confront the massive Goliath between the armies of Israel and the Philistines.
[Ref: 53451] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Death of the Stag. To Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, this Print Ingraved after a Capital Picture of P. Wouvermanns, is humbly Dedicated to his Lordship, by his most Obedient and Dutiful Servant Tho.s Major.
P. Wouvermans pinx. A. Lawrence fe. aqua forti. Tho.s Major Sculpsit.
London sold by T. Major Ingraver to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales at the Golden Head in Chandois Street the lower end of St Martins Lane. Publish'd accord.g to Act of Parliament Feb.y 10 1753.
A large & fine etching and engraving. 505 x 670mm (19¾ x 26½"), with large margins. Centre fold as normal.
A hunting party outside an inn, with one of the group blowing his horn, after Philips Wouwerman (1619 - 1668), etched by Andrew Lawrence and finished by Thomas Major. From a bound issue of the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England' (1763-86, issued in parts and available as volumes of prints from 1769 onwards).
[Ref: 53479] £350.00
P. Wouvermans pinx. A. Lawrence fe. aqua forti. Tho.s Major Sculpsit.
London sold by T. Major Ingraver to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales at the Golden Head in Chandois Street the lower end of St Martins Lane. Publish'd accord.g to Act of Parliament Feb.y 10 1753.
A large & fine etching and engraving. 505 x 670mm (19¾ x 26½"), with large margins. Centre fold as normal.
A hunting party outside an inn, with one of the group blowing his horn, after Philips Wouwerman (1619 - 1668), etched by Andrew Lawrence and finished by Thomas Major. From a bound issue of the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England' (1763-86, issued in parts and available as volumes of prints from 1769 onwards).
[Ref: 53479] £350.00
Robert Devereux, Earle of Essex, His Excellency, etc. Generall of ye. Army, [in plate] W. Hollar fecit.
Etching. Sheet 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Large margins with minor toning around edges.
Robert Devereux (1591-1646) third Earl of Essex. He served as a Parliamentarian soldier during the Civil War, but resigned in 1646 having been overshadowed by Cromwell and Fairfax. He died from a stroke later that year.
P 1401 ii P. Stent excudit variant state
[Ref: 53730] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Etching. Sheet 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Large margins with minor toning around edges.
Robert Devereux (1591-1646) third Earl of Essex. He served as a Parliamentarian soldier during the Civil War, but resigned in 1646 having been overshadowed by Cromwell and Fairfax. He died from a stroke later that year.
P 1401 ii P. Stent excudit variant state
[Ref: 53730] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Devonshire Square.
Sutton Nicholls delin et sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing. Repaired damage bottom left.
An elevated view of Devonshire Square, off Bishopsgate Street, with a statue of Hermes/Mercury a coach and sedan chair. First published by John Bowles c.1725, the remains of the original publisher's inscription can be seen at the bottom of the image.
[Ref: 53586] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sutton Nicholls delin et sc.
Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey.
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 465mm (13¼ x 18¼"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing. Repaired damage bottom left.
An elevated view of Devonshire Square, off Bishopsgate Street, with a statue of Hermes/Mercury a coach and sedan chair. First published by John Bowles c.1725, the remains of the original publisher's inscription can be seen at the bottom of the image.
[Ref: 53586] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
D. Kenelmus Digbi Eques auratus apud Carolu Rege magnae Britaniae.
After van Dyck. By Robert van Voerst.
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Toning
Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) was a well respected English courtier and diplomat and recognised polymath. He excelled in the fields of natural philosophy, astrology and Roman Catholic theology. He experienced bouts of unpopularity throughout the Civil War, going through periods of self-imposed exile in France. However, the Restoration period saw his own reputation restored through his relationship with the Queen Mother.
W 815-3
[Ref: 53736] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
After van Dyck. By Robert van Voerst.
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Toning
Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) was a well respected English courtier and diplomat and recognised polymath. He excelled in the fields of natural philosophy, astrology and Roman Catholic theology. He experienced bouts of unpopularity throughout the Civil War, going through periods of self-imposed exile in France. However, the Restoration period saw his own reputation restored through his relationship with the Queen Mother.
W 815-3
[Ref: 53736] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse].](jpegs/53538.jpg)
A Perspective and Political View of the Timber-Yard at the L-e [Limehouse]. The Saw Mill.
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satire 4278.
[Ref: 53538] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Oxford Magazine, 1769.]
Engraving. Sheet 165 x 105mm (6½ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate mark.
A satirical scene showing a lawyer sawing through the 'Magna Carta' and 'Bill of Rights' in front of a saw mill while John Wilkes looks on from the left. Charles Dingley, a speculator and mechanic, stood against Wilkes in the 1769 election. He patented a sawmill, built in Limehouse, which rioting sawyers pulled down in 1768, after which an Act was 'for punishing persons destroying mills' was passed.
BM Satire 4278.
[Ref: 53538] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)