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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Africa. Plate 143. Vol.2. No.84. page 326.
G. Child Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1759.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 235 x 158mm. 9¼ x 6¼".
An allegory of Africa, with various figures and two pyramids and a sphynx seen to the right. From Thomas Salmon's "The Universal Traveller: or, A Compleat Description of the several Nations of the World...", Vol.II, in which Salmon describes his travels in West Africa, particularly the Guinea coast, which was also called 'Calabar' in the 1700s. He described the African way of living, from their clothing styles and houses to the slave trade.
[Ref: 27950] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Child Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1759.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 235 x 158mm. 9¼ x 6¼".
An allegory of Africa, with various figures and two pyramids and a sphynx seen to the right. From Thomas Salmon's "The Universal Traveller: or, A Compleat Description of the several Nations of the World...", Vol.II, in which Salmon describes his travels in West Africa, particularly the Guinea coast, which was also called 'Calabar' in the 1700s. He described the African way of living, from their clothing styles and houses to the slave trade.
[Ref: 27950] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Beijing] Supreme Imperial Hall of Audience from Nieuhof.](jpegs/49636.jpg)
[Beijing] Supreme Imperial Hall of Audience from Nieuhof.
G. Child Sculp.t.
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins. Rust spot in inscription.
A scene showing the arrival of the VOC ambassasdors to Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor (1638-61) in 1658. The ambassadors stand in the foreground with an ambassador from the Mogol Emperor, the emperor's guards lining the wall and a display of twelve snow-white horses on their route to the emperor's presence. The original view appeared in the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhoff. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49636] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
G. Child Sculp.t.
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins. Rust spot in inscription.
A scene showing the arrival of the VOC ambassasdors to Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor (1638-61) in 1658. The ambassadors stand in the foreground with an ambassador from the Mogol Emperor, the emperor's guards lining the wall and a display of twelve snow-white horses on their route to the emperor's presence. The original view appeared in the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhoff. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49636] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Orrery, made by James Ferguson.
J. Ferguson inv. et deline. G. Child Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1756].
Engraving, sheet Trimmed and glued to backing sheet. Creases where previously folded. Publication line faded.
Frontispiece from 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles' 1756. Diagram of James Ferguson's Orrery with key. James Ferguson (1710 – 1776) was a Scottish astronomer, author and itinerant lecturer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus and as a striking instance of self-education.
[Ref: 56983] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J. Ferguson inv. et deline. G. Child Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1756].
Engraving, sheet Trimmed and glued to backing sheet. Creases where previously folded. Publication line faded.
Frontispiece from 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles' 1756. Diagram of James Ferguson's Orrery with key. James Ferguson (1710 – 1776) was a Scottish astronomer, author and itinerant lecturer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus and as a striking instance of self-education.
[Ref: 56983] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Observatory at Pe-kin from Le Comte. Plate 30 No.13 page 19.
G. Child Sculpt.
[n.d, c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 240mm (6 x 9½"), with large margins.
A view of the ancient observatory in Peking. Built 1442, it was modernised in 1673 by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest, who built many of the instruments here.
[Ref: 47881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Child Sculpt.
[n.d, c.1750.]
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 240mm (6 x 9½"), with large margins.
A view of the ancient observatory in Peking. Built 1442, it was modernised in 1673 by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest, who built many of the instruments here.
[Ref: 47881] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
A view of the Interior of the Temporary Pavilion. 100 feet by 60. Erected inn the Square Barnstable, by the Friends of Reform; in which upwards of 1000, dined October 30.th 1837. Proof.
R. Sharland del.t. G. Child lith.
Published at M.rs Wildman's Repository, Barnstable.
Proof lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 230 x 270mm (9 x 14½"). Some soiling, ownership label on reverse.
A rare, locally-published illustration of the dinner in progress.
[Ref: 62787] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
R. Sharland del.t. G. Child lith.
Published at M.rs Wildman's Repository, Barnstable.
Proof lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 230 x 270mm (9 x 14½"). Some soiling, ownership label on reverse.
A rare, locally-published illustration of the dinner in progress.
[Ref: 62787] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Shaoguan] The City Shau-Chew 100 miles North of Canton.](jpegs/49637.jpg)
[Shaoguan] The City Shau-Chew 100 miles North of Canton.
G. Child Sculp.t.
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins.
A view of Shaoguan from the North River, once the home of Matteo Ricci's mission house. This view illustrates the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhof. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49637] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Child Sculp.t.
[London, n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), with large margins.
A view of Shaoguan from the North River, once the home of Matteo Ricci's mission house. This view illustrates the account of the VOC's embassy to China (1655-7) by Johan Nieuhof. From an edition of Astley's 'A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 49637] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Pike of Teneriffe, 34 Leagues distant to the North West. View of the Pike over the West Side of Gomera, at 15 Leagues distance.
Pl.147. No.86. Vol.2. p.353. G. Child Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate 157 x 232mm (6¼ x 9¼").
A view of the Pike of Tenerife, Canary Islands, with a view of the small island of La Gomera below
[Ref: 30743] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Pl.147. No.86. Vol.2. p.353. G. Child Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1750.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate 157 x 232mm (6¼ x 9¼").
A view of the Pike of Tenerife, Canary Islands, with a view of the small island of La Gomera below
[Ref: 30743] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)