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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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Joh. Henricus Burckhard Medicinae Doctor Ser: Ducum Brunsw: Luneburg [...]
Muller pinx. G.F. Schmidt Sc Berolini [c.1720]
Engraving, platemark 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Very large margins.
German botanist Johann Heinrich Burckhardt (1676-1738).
Wellcome Library no. 1540i.
[Ref: 38357] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Muller pinx. G.F. Schmidt Sc Berolini [c.1720]
Engraving, platemark 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Very large margins.
German botanist Johann Heinrich Burckhardt (1676-1738).
Wellcome Library no. 1540i.
[Ref: 38357] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Fredericus III. rex Borussiae. Dans les cocurs de tous les morels. Ses vertus, ses exploits graveront son image, Bellone en pare ses Autela, Minerve en orn ouvrage.
G.F Schmidt, Sculpsit Parisus.
A Lausanne et Geneve, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet et Comp.e 1743.
Rare engraving. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait of King Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713) as Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg, in an oval frame, dressed in armour; coat of arms and four lines of text in French on a palette below. Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775) was an engraver that trained in Paris 1736-46, when closely connected with Wille. Returned to Berlin as principal engraver to King of Prussia. Between 1757-62 present in St Petersburg, to engrave portrait of Empress Catherine and to set up an engraving school. Marc Michel Bousquet (1696-1762) was a Swiss printmaker and publisher working in Geneva 1728-1734 and Lausanne 1736-1758.
[Ref: 60987] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.F Schmidt, Sculpsit Parisus.
A Lausanne et Geneve, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet et Comp.e 1743.
Rare engraving. Sheet 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Half-length portrait of King Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713) as Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg, in an oval frame, dressed in armour; coat of arms and four lines of text in French on a palette below. Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775) was an engraver that trained in Paris 1736-46, when closely connected with Wille. Returned to Berlin as principal engraver to King of Prussia. Between 1757-62 present in St Petersburg, to engrave portrait of Empress Catherine and to set up an engraving school. Marc Michel Bousquet (1696-1762) was a Swiss printmaker and publisher working in Geneva 1728-1734 and Lausanne 1736-1758.
[Ref: 60987] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Julien Offrai de la Mettrie] Sous ces traits vifs, tu vois le Maitre / Des jeux, des Ris et des bons mots...](jpegs/65740.jpg)
[Julien Offrai de la Mettrie] Sous ces traits vifs, tu vois le Maitre / Des jeux, des Ris et des bons mots...
G.F. Schmidt ad Vivum pingebat et Sculpebat.
[n.d., 1757.]
Engraving. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of French physician and philosopher Julien Offrai de la Mettrie (1709-51), within a stone oval, books and quill on a shelf in the foreground. As one of the earliest of the materialists of the French Enlightenment, he denied the existence of the soul and expounded hedonism. His views caused him to leave France to seek safety in Prussia, where he died after a gluttonous feast. Frederick the Great gave the funeral oration.
[Ref: 65740] £390.00
G.F. Schmidt ad Vivum pingebat et Sculpebat.
[n.d., 1757.]
Engraving. 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of French physician and philosopher Julien Offrai de la Mettrie (1709-51), within a stone oval, books and quill on a shelf in the foreground. As one of the earliest of the materialists of the French Enlightenment, he denied the existence of the soul and expounded hedonism. His views caused him to leave France to seek safety in Prussia, where he died after a gluttonous feast. Frederick the Great gave the funeral oration.
[Ref: 65740] £390.00
![[A young man in a hat.] Du Cabinet de Monsieur le Comte de Kamcke.](jpegs/63702.jpg)
[A young man in a hat.] Du Cabinet de Monsieur le Comte de Kamcke.
[Etched by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 165mm (8 x 6½"). Trimmed within plate. Laid on Album sheet at corners.
[Ref: 63702] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after Rembrandt.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching. Sheet 200 x 165mm (8 x 6½"). Trimmed within plate. Laid on Album sheet at corners.
[Ref: 63702] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Joannes Baptista Rousseau, Natus Anno 1670. Certior in nostro carmine vultus erit. Mart. L.7. Ep.84.
J. Aved pinxit. G.F. Schmidt Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Very scarce engraving. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Unidentified collector's stamp on reverse.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1670-1741), sitting in an armchair, looking to the right with a quill in his left hand and sheets in his right hand. Rousseau was a French playwright and poet particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Watermark listed as Lugt, L.3205, unidentified.
[Ref: 62188] £480.00
J. Aved pinxit. G.F. Schmidt Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Very scarce engraving. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Unidentified collector's stamp on reverse.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1670-1741), sitting in an armchair, looking to the right with a quill in his left hand and sheets in his right hand. Rousseau was a French playwright and poet particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Watermark listed as Lugt, L.3205, unidentified.
[Ref: 62188] £480.00
Joannes Baptista Rousseau, Natus Anno 1670. Certior in nostro carmine vultus erit. Mart. L.7. Ep.84.
J. Aved pinxit. G.F. Schmidt Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet. 18th century watermark.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1670-1741), French playwright and poet. Very atmospheric & fine portrait of Rousseau sitting in an armchair, looking to the right with a quill in his left hand and sheets in his right hand. Rousseau was particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
[Ref: 59378] £650.00
J. Aved pinxit. G.F. Schmidt Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed to plate, glued on album sheet. 18th century watermark.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1670-1741), French playwright and poet. Very atmospheric & fine portrait of Rousseau sitting in an armchair, looking to the right with a quill in his left hand and sheets in his right hand. Rousseau was particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
[Ref: 59378] £650.00
Jean Bapt.e. Rousseau. Né á Paris en 1671.
J.P. Sauvage Pinx. G. F. Schmidt Sculp.
Aparis chez Odieuvre .m.d. d'Estampes de l'Ecole vis-à-vis la samarit.e.alabelle Image.
Line Engraving with small margins. 140mm x 100mm (5½" x 4")
Portrait of the French poet Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), enemy of Voltaire, within an oval. Rousseau's scandalous verses saw him condemned to exile; he spent much of his life abroad and rejected an eventual invitation to return to France.
[Ref: 31923] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.P. Sauvage Pinx. G. F. Schmidt Sculp.
Aparis chez Odieuvre .m.d. d'Estampes de l'Ecole vis-à-vis la samarit.e.alabelle Image.
Line Engraving with small margins. 140mm x 100mm (5½" x 4")
Portrait of the French poet Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), enemy of Voltaire, within an oval. Rousseau's scandalous verses saw him condemned to exile; he spent much of his life abroad and rejected an eventual invitation to return to France.
[Ref: 31923] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Noel Etienne Sanadon de la Comp.e de Jesus. Né à Rouen, le 16 Février 1676. Mort à Paris, le 22 Octobre 1733.
L. Cars del. G.F. Schmidt sculp.
AParis chez Odieuvewm M.d d'Estampes, quai de l'Ecole, vis-a-vis la Samarit.e à la belle Image. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼") very large margins.
Noël-Étienne Sanadon (1676-1733), Jesuit priest and author, who published a translation of Horace in 1727 and was a regular contributor to 'Mémoires pour l'Histoire des Sciences & des beaux-Arts' (Journal de Trévoux).
[Ref: 53050] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
L. Cars del. G.F. Schmidt sculp.
AParis chez Odieuvewm M.d d'Estampes, quai de l'Ecole, vis-a-vis la Samarit.e à la belle Image. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼") very large margins.
Noël-Étienne Sanadon (1676-1733), Jesuit priest and author, who published a translation of Horace in 1727 and was a regular contributor to 'Mémoires pour l'Histoire des Sciences & des beaux-Arts' (Journal de Trévoux).
[Ref: 53050] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![[Woman, boy, & St Bernard.]](jpegs/47714.jpg)
[Woman, boy, & St Bernard.]
Daniel A. Wehrschmidt [Pencil signature]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2nd January, 1904. Published by Messrs Mawson, Swan & Morgan Ltd., 11, Grainger Street West.
Mezzotint on india paper, sign by the artist. 470 x 450mm (18½ x 17¾"), Printsellers' Association blind stamp. Some spotting
A circular portrait of the three subjects lying on the floor, a fluted pillar, grape vine and wooded landscape behind. Daniel Albert Wehrschmidt (Veresmith) (1861-1932) is best known for his portrait of Scott of the Antarctic, the only one done from life.
[Ref: 47714] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Daniel A. Wehrschmidt [Pencil signature]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2nd January, 1904. Published by Messrs Mawson, Swan & Morgan Ltd., 11, Grainger Street West.
Mezzotint on india paper, sign by the artist. 470 x 450mm (18½ x 17¾"), Printsellers' Association blind stamp. Some spotting
A circular portrait of the three subjects lying on the floor, a fluted pillar, grape vine and wooded landscape behind. Daniel Albert Wehrschmidt (Veresmith) (1861-1932) is best known for his portrait of Scott of the Antarctic, the only one done from life.
[Ref: 47714] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Gabriel Vincent Thevenard Pension.re du Roi pour la Musique Né à Paris, le 10 Aout 1669.
Geuslain Pinx G.F. Schmidt sculp
A Paris chez Odieuvre, M.d d'Estampes, quay de l'Ecole vis-a-vis la Samaritaine, à la belle Image. CPR.
Engraving, platemark 145 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼")
portrait of French baritone singer Gabriel Vincent Thevenard (1669-1741)
[Ref: 23177] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Geuslain Pinx G.F. Schmidt sculp
A Paris chez Odieuvre, M.d d'Estampes, quay de l'Ecole vis-a-vis la Samaritaine, à la belle Image. CPR.
Engraving, platemark 145 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼")
portrait of French baritone singer Gabriel Vincent Thevenard (1669-1741)
[Ref: 23177] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
La Présentation de la S.te Vierge au Temple. Tableau de la Galerie impériale de St. Pétersbourg. Dédié à sa Majestié Catherine II. Impératrice de toutes les Russies, Par son très .humble très obeissant et très Soumis J. Trible.
Peint par Pietro Testa. et Dessiné par B.N. Le Sieur. Gravé par G.F. Schmidt, Graveur du Roy à Berlin 1771.
Engraving. 600 x 404mm (23½ x 16"). Creasing in title area, small tears in small margins.
40 days after giving birth to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, presented herself in the Temple in Jerusalem to be ritually cleansed after childbirth.
[Ref: 54677] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Pietro Testa. et Dessiné par B.N. Le Sieur. Gravé par G.F. Schmidt, Graveur du Roy à Berlin 1771.
Engraving. 600 x 404mm (23½ x 16"). Creasing in title area, small tears in small margins.
40 days after giving birth to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, presented herself in the Temple in Jerusalem to be ritually cleansed after childbirth.
[Ref: 54677] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Voguell, Esq.r of London Merchant. Aetatis 65.
Peint par Ant: Pensé premier Peintre du Roy.
Gravé a Berlin par G.F. Schmidt Graveur du Roy en 1746.
Rare engraving. Sheet size: 480 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Trimmed inside plate.
A portrait of London merchant and financier Henry Voguell (c.1681-1746), wearing a wig and a long plain coat fastened at the waist. He holds a stick in his right hand, and a hat under his arm. Ships can be seen in the background to the right, next to The Tower of London.
[Ref: 38703] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Ant: Pensé premier Peintre du Roy.
Gravé a Berlin par G.F. Schmidt Graveur du Roy en 1746.
Rare engraving. Sheet size: 480 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Trimmed inside plate.
A portrait of London merchant and financier Henry Voguell (c.1681-1746), wearing a wig and a long plain coat fastened at the waist. He holds a stick in his right hand, and a hat under his arm. Ships can be seen in the background to the right, next to The Tower of London.
[Ref: 38703] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)