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A View near Bologna in Italy.
J. Pillement delin. Masqueilier sculp.
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 Fleet Street, London, as the Act directs, 1.d Sept.r 1773.
Copper engraving, watermarked laid paper, 172 x 260mm. 6¾ x 10¼". Stitch-holes to left margin, large margins.
Three figures in the centre foreground of an Italian landscape, with man standing beside a seated woman (his back to the viewer), another man leaning against a tree and smoking a pipe. Numbered '12' upper right. From a series of at least twelve landscapes engraved after French painter, draughtsman and designer Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808), and published by Sayer in 1773. "Recueil de Differentes Conversations Champetres", 1761, this is a later set by Masqueilier for Robert Sayer.
Maria Gordon-Smith: p.84.
[Ref: 22818] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J. Pillement delin. Masqueilier sculp.
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No.53 Fleet Street, London, as the Act directs, 1.d Sept.r 1773.
Copper engraving, watermarked laid paper, 172 x 260mm. 6¾ x 10¼". Stitch-holes to left margin, large margins.
Three figures in the centre foreground of an Italian landscape, with man standing beside a seated woman (his back to the viewer), another man leaning against a tree and smoking a pipe. Numbered '12' upper right. From a series of at least twelve landscapes engraved after French painter, draughtsman and designer Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808), and published by Sayer in 1773. "Recueil de Differentes Conversations Champetres", 1761, this is a later set by Masqueilier for Robert Sayer.
Maria Gordon-Smith: p.84.
[Ref: 22818] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Tombeaux de la Baie de Castries.
Dessiné par Duché-de-Vancy. Gravé par Masquelier. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797.]
Engraving. 390 x 560mm, 15½ x 22".
Tombs near Castries Bay in Tartary, named after the French minister of marine who had sent La Perouse on his mission. In 1785 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741-88) was sent by the French to continue Cook's exploration work in the Pacific, in the ships 'Astrolabe' & 'Boussole'. After three years, during which time he visited Chile, California, Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, he travelled to Australia. Outside Botany Bay he met up with Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet, after which he set sail and was never seen again, despite an extensive rescue mission. Fortunately La Pérouse took every oportunity to send his work back to France: one crew member disembarked in Kamchatka and spent a year crossing Siberia back to France; later journals, charts and letters he left with the British at Botany Bay. Thus his discoveries were not lost with him, but published posthumously in this work, 'Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde..'.
[Ref: 18687] £380.00
Dessiné par Duché-de-Vancy. Gravé par Masquelier. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797.]
Engraving. 390 x 560mm, 15½ x 22".
Tombs near Castries Bay in Tartary, named after the French minister of marine who had sent La Perouse on his mission. In 1785 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741-88) was sent by the French to continue Cook's exploration work in the Pacific, in the ships 'Astrolabe' & 'Boussole'. After three years, during which time he visited Chile, California, Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, he travelled to Australia. Outside Botany Bay he met up with Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet, after which he set sail and was never seen again, despite an extensive rescue mission. Fortunately La Pérouse took every oportunity to send his work back to France: one crew member disembarked in Kamchatka and spent a year crossing Siberia back to France; later journals, charts and letters he left with the British at Botany Bay. Thus his discoveries were not lost with him, but published posthumously in this work, 'Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde..'.
[Ref: 18687] £380.00
Vue de St. Pierre et St. Paul au Kamtschatka.
Dessiné par Blondela. Gravé par Masquelier. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797.]
Engraving. 390 x 560mm, 15½ x 22". Creases through middle.
A view of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula. In 1785 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741-88) was sent by the French to continue Cook's exploration work in the Pacific, in the ships 'Astrolabe' & 'Boussole'. After three years, during which time he visited Chile, California, Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, he travelled to Australia. Outside Botany Bay he met up with Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet, after which he set sail and was never seen again, despite an extensive rescue mission. Fortunately La Pérouse took every oportunity to send his work back to France: one crew member disembarked here at Petropavlovsk and spent a year crossing Russia back to France; later journals, charts and letters he left with the British at Botany Bay. Thus his discoveries were not lost with him, but published posthumously in this work, 'Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde..'.
[Ref: 18690] £350.00
Dessiné par Blondela. Gravé par Masquelier. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797.]
Engraving. 390 x 560mm, 15½ x 22". Creases through middle.
A view of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula. In 1785 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741-88) was sent by the French to continue Cook's exploration work in the Pacific, in the ships 'Astrolabe' & 'Boussole'. After three years, during which time he visited Chile, California, Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, he travelled to Australia. Outside Botany Bay he met up with Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet, after which he set sail and was never seen again, despite an extensive rescue mission. Fortunately La Pérouse took every oportunity to send his work back to France: one crew member disembarked here at Petropavlovsk and spent a year crossing Russia back to France; later journals, charts and letters he left with the British at Botany Bay. Thus his discoveries were not lost with him, but published posthumously in this work, 'Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde..'.
[Ref: 18690] £350.00
![[Bombardement de Lille, Par les Austriens, au Mois de Septemb. 1792.]](jpegs/59323.jpg)
[Bombardement de Lille, Par les Austriens, au Mois de Septemb. 1792.]
Peint par Watteau Pere à Lille. Gravé par Masquelier le J.ne à Paris.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching. proof before title. 505 x 675mm (20 x 26½"), with large margins. Repairs at original centre fold.
A large scene of the Austrian army bombarding Lille in 1792, defended by a Republican garrison during the War of the First Coalition. The figure mounted on a whte horse in the foreground is probably Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), the Habsburg commander. After firing 60,000 shots into the city, the Austrians eventually withdrew to avoid being encircled by a French relief army.
[Ref: 59323] £420.00
Peint par Watteau Pere à Lille. Gravé par Masquelier le J.ne à Paris.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching. proof before title. 505 x 675mm (20 x 26½"), with large margins. Repairs at original centre fold.
A large scene of the Austrian army bombarding Lille in 1792, defended by a Republican garrison during the War of the First Coalition. The figure mounted on a whte horse in the foreground is probably Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), the Habsburg commander. After firing 60,000 shots into the city, the Austrians eventually withdrew to avoid being encircled by a French relief army.
[Ref: 59323] £420.00
Vue de Macao en Chine. Atlas du Voyage de la Pérouse, No 40.
Dessiné par Duché de Vancy. Gravé par Masquelier.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.]
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 280 x 425mm (11 x 16¾"). Some creasing. Bit messy.
A view of Macao drawn by Gaspard Duché de Vancy and engraved by Louis Joseph Masquelier for the account of the Pacific scientific expedition of Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse. Leaving Brest in 1785, Lapérouse rounded Cape Horn to enter the Pacific, visiting Easter Island, Hawaii, Alaska and the east coast of Asia, before arriving off Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. There he met with the British First Fleet, taking the opportunity to send journals, charts and letters back to Europe with the British merchant ship Alexander. In March he set sail again and disappeared: this plate was published while the search for the explorer continued. In 1828 artifacts of the expedition were found; the remains of the ships were discovered on Vanikoro in 1964.
[Ref: 60806] £380.00
Dessiné par Duché de Vancy. Gravé par Masquelier.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.]
Scarce engraving, 18th century watermark. 280 x 425mm (11 x 16¾"). Some creasing. Bit messy.
A view of Macao drawn by Gaspard Duché de Vancy and engraved by Louis Joseph Masquelier for the account of the Pacific scientific expedition of Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse. Leaving Brest in 1785, Lapérouse rounded Cape Horn to enter the Pacific, visiting Easter Island, Hawaii, Alaska and the east coast of Asia, before arriving off Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. There he met with the British First Fleet, taking the opportunity to send journals, charts and letters back to Europe with the British merchant ship Alexander. In March he set sail again and disappeared: this plate was published while the search for the explorer continued. In 1828 artifacts of the expedition were found; the remains of the ships were discovered on Vanikoro in 1964.
[Ref: 60806] £380.00