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Veduta della Città e del Porto di Barcellona, Capitale della Catalogna in Spagna.
[Engraved by Francesco Sesone.]
[Naples, c.1740.]
Engraving. 165 x 330mm (6½ x 13"). Binding folds and creases as normal.
A prospect of Barcelona, engraved by Sesone, showing the Lighthouse, Santa Maria del Mar and the castle of Montjuic.
[Ref: 49986] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Francesco Sesone.]
[Naples, c.1740.]
Engraving. 165 x 330mm (6½ x 13"). Binding folds and creases as normal.
A prospect of Barcelona, engraved by Sesone, showing the Lighthouse, Santa Maria del Mar and the castle of Montjuic.
[Ref: 49986] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Winstanley's Eddystone Light-house.] Fanale del Porto di Plymouth.](jpegs/56700.jpg)
[Winstanley's Eddystone Light-house.] Fanale del Porto di Plymouth.
[Engraved by Francesco Sesone? after Henry Winstanley.]
[Naples, n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Narrow margins top, original binding folds. Repairs in margins on left. Bit messy.
An Italian illustration of the first Eddystone Lighthouse, copied from a print drawn, etched and published by Henry Winstanley, the designer and builder of the lighthouse. It shows the structure with the cranes needed to transfer people from boats to the rock. Winstanley (1644-1703) was a painter who is said to have learned etching from Wenceslaus Hollar. In the 1690s he opened an amusement arcade in Piccadilly, ''Winstanley's Water-works'', filled with automata of his own design. Having made a fortune he became a merchant, but when two of his ships were wrecked on the Eddystone Rocks, he funded the building of the first recorded offshore lighthouse. If building a tower on a featureless rock was not hard enough, during the construction the enterprise was attacked by a French privateer and destroyed in 1697, with Winstanley taken into captivity. However Louis XIV ordered his release, stating 'France is at war with England, not with humanity', allowing Winstanley to complete the structure in 1698. In 1703 Winstanley was overseeing some repairs when the Great Storm of 1703 hit and both Winstanley and his lighthouse were swept away.
[Ref: 56700] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by Francesco Sesone? after Henry Winstanley.]
[Naples, n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving. 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Narrow margins top, original binding folds. Repairs in margins on left. Bit messy.
An Italian illustration of the first Eddystone Lighthouse, copied from a print drawn, etched and published by Henry Winstanley, the designer and builder of the lighthouse. It shows the structure with the cranes needed to transfer people from boats to the rock. Winstanley (1644-1703) was a painter who is said to have learned etching from Wenceslaus Hollar. In the 1690s he opened an amusement arcade in Piccadilly, ''Winstanley's Water-works'', filled with automata of his own design. Having made a fortune he became a merchant, but when two of his ships were wrecked on the Eddystone Rocks, he funded the building of the first recorded offshore lighthouse. If building a tower on a featureless rock was not hard enough, during the construction the enterprise was attacked by a French privateer and destroyed in 1697, with Winstanley taken into captivity. However Louis XIV ordered his release, stating 'France is at war with England, not with humanity', allowing Winstanley to complete the structure in 1698. In 1703 Winstanley was overseeing some repairs when the Great Storm of 1703 hit and both Winstanley and his lighthouse were swept away.
[Ref: 56700] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Londra Capitale dell'Inghilterra. Tom XII. A. Il fiume Tamigi. B. Il Ponte. C. La Torre. D. Il Palazzo di Whitehall. E. Il Borgo di Southwark.
Fran. Sesone sculp Nap.]
[Naples, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514). However the engraver, Francesco Sesone, has reversed the image, so London Bridge is to the west of St Paul's! This image was published before the error was spotted and corrected.
See Ref: 28516 for added hand colour and different publication.
[Ref: 56179] £360.00
Fran. Sesone sculp Nap.]
[Naples, n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514). However the engraver, Francesco Sesone, has reversed the image, so London Bridge is to the west of St Paul's! This image was published before the error was spotted and corrected.
See Ref: 28516 for added hand colour and different publication.
[Ref: 56179] £360.00
Londra Capitale dell'Inghilterra. Tom XII. A. Il fiume Tamigi. B. Il Ponte. C. La Torre. D. Il Palazzo di Whitehall. E. Il Borgo di Southwark.
[Francesco Sesone.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514).
See Ref: 28516 for added hand colour and different publication.
[Ref: 28515] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Francesco Sesone.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514).
See Ref: 28516 for added hand colour and different publication.
[Ref: 28515] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Londra Capitale dell'Inghilterra. Tom XII. Pag 14. A. Il fiume Tamigi. B. Il Ponte. C. La Torre. D. Il Palazzo di Whitehall. E. Il Borgo di Southwark.
Fran. Sesone Sculp. Nap.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving with added hand colour. Plate 153 x 343mm (6¾ x 13½"). Folding.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone. However he has reversed the image, so London Bridge is to the west of St Paul's! This image was published before the error was spotted and corrected.
See Ref: 28515 for uncoloured impression with corrected view.
[Ref: 28516] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Fran. Sesone Sculp. Nap.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving with added hand colour. Plate 153 x 343mm (6¾ x 13½"). Folding.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone. However he has reversed the image, so London Bridge is to the west of St Paul's! This image was published before the error was spotted and corrected.
See Ref: 28515 for uncoloured impression with corrected view.
[Ref: 28516] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Londra Capitale dell'Inghilterra. Tom XII. A. Il fiume Tamigi. B. Il Ponte. C. La Torre. D. Il Palazzo di Whitehall. E. Il Borgo di Southwark.
[Fran. Sesone.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514).
[Ref: 48570] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Fran. Sesone.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 177 x 342mm (7 x 13½"). Trimmed along upper plate edge, folds as normal.
A pre-fire prospect of London, engraved by Sesone and probably copied from Schenck's view of London (for which see ref. 28514).
[Ref: 48570] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)