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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The Afghan Joozaeel or Mountain Rifle.
On Stone by J.Bennett. T. Black, Lith Cal. 1840.
Lithograph, rare. Sheet 115 x 205mm, 4½ x 8¼". Narrow margins.
A very unusual illustration of a jezail, with the distinctively curved stock and a bipod. It has been suggested that the jezail was originally designed to be held like a pistol with the stock under the arm, allowing use on horseback. However during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) it came into its own as a sniper weapon, fired down from high cliffs down onto the British Army retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad. Being heavier and longer-barrelled than the British Brown Bess musket, the Jezail outmatched the return fire. Most were hand-made: only a few were rifled.
[Ref: 27025] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by J.Bennett. T. Black, Lith Cal. 1840.
Lithograph, rare. Sheet 115 x 205mm, 4½ x 8¼". Narrow margins.
A very unusual illustration of a jezail, with the distinctively curved stock and a bipod. It has been suggested that the jezail was originally designed to be held like a pistol with the stock under the arm, allowing use on horseback. However during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) it came into its own as a sniper weapon, fired down from high cliffs down onto the British Army retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad. Being heavier and longer-barrelled than the British Brown Bess musket, the Jezail outmatched the return fire. Most were hand-made: only a few were rifled.
[Ref: 27025] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Image of the Koustah Rajah, or Leprous King: Sculptured in Granitic Rock, near Belligam, Island of Ceylon.
[J. W. Bennett]
[London: W.m Allen and Co,. 7, Leadenhall-Street 1843.]
Aquatint, scarce, sheet 120 x 170mm (4¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed around image and title.
Sculpted image of the Koustah Rajah or 'Leprous King' near Beligam in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). From ‘Ceylon and its Capabilities; An Account of its Natural Resources, Indigenous Productions and Commercial Facilities’.
[Ref: 46023] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[J. W. Bennett]
[London: W.m Allen and Co,. 7, Leadenhall-Street 1843.]
Aquatint, scarce, sheet 120 x 170mm (4¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed around image and title.
Sculpted image of the Koustah Rajah or 'Leprous King' near Beligam in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). From ‘Ceylon and its Capabilities; An Account of its Natural Resources, Indigenous Productions and Commercial Facilities’.
[Ref: 46023] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)