Grosvenor Prints

[Railway Station / Adelaide] Genuine original etching limited edition by Fabian Swire (London Artist) / Series three views of South Australia.
[n.d., after 1930.]
Signed etching with original label as issued; 75 x 130mm (3 x 5"). Sheet laid at top in original mount.
A view of the railway station in Adelaide, published as part of Fabian Swire's third series Views of South Australia.
[Ref: 54014] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

L'Afrique. Bien que de mes Deserts les chaleurs indomtees / Enchassent les Mortals par leur sterilite; / Mesvilles neantinoins sot partout habitees, / Pour leur utilite.
Bosse fe. avec Privilege du Roy
a paris chez chereau le jeaune ruë St Jacques au S.t Remy [n.d., c.1740].
Engraving with original hand colour. 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½") very large margins. Stain in left margin. Repaired hole in bottom of lower margin.
A female allegorical figure representing Africa, dressed in colourful cloth carrying a parasole and tambourine, an elephant in background.
[Ref: 55117] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

L'Amerique. Dans les Isles que j'ay la Terre est toujours verte, Aussi depuis le Temps que lon man decouverte, / Et n'est point sous le Ciel un ci charmant seiour; Chaseun me fait la cour.
ABosse se.
a paris chez chereau le jeaune ruë St Jacques au S.t Remy [n.d., c.1740].
Engraving with original hand colour. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6") Tear in left margin.
A female allegorical figure representing America, dressed in red feathers but bare-breasted, holding a spear and a seashell.
[Ref: 54930] £480.00

[Barnaslingan] The Scalp in the County of Wicklow.
Le Porte del. et Sculp.t.
London Published May 20th 1796 by Tho.s Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet St.
Fine & rare coloured etching. Sheet 475 x 630mm (18 x 24¾"), paper watermarked 'HS&S 18[**]'. Trimmed within plate, repaired tear in title area, repaired holes.
A view of The Scalp, a narrow glacial valley under the hill Barnaslingan. One of a series of Irish views drawn by John Laporte.
Bonar Law: p.67
[Ref: 54758] £520.00

[Basel.]
A.W. [in plate]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with strong hand colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 330 x 1150mm (13 x 45¼"). In 19th century frame with the label of a Basel framer. Trimmed to image and laid on album paper. Unexamined out of frame.
An elevated view looking north, probably from the Basel Minster, with the Middle Bridge (the oldest bridge site on the Rhine) in the foreground. An ink inscription on the backboard identifies the artist as J.J. Schneider (John Jacob, 1822-1887).
[Ref: 55159] £850.00

[Antwerp] Clocher de l'Eglise Cathedralle d'Anvers bati de pierre du haut en bas.
à Anvers Chez Philippe Ville.
Engraving, ADI watermark. 520 x 355mm (20½ x 14") very large margins. Uncut.
An elevation of he Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp. The original intention was to have twn towers, but the second was never completed.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54966] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Antwerp] Eglise de Notre Name à Anvers.
Jos. Hunin Del. et Sculp. Mechl. 1813.
Sumpt. le Pottevin De La Croix.
Engraving. 510 x 360mm (20 x 14¼"), with large margins. Some spotting in margins. Uncut. Some rippling centre.
The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp. The original intention was to have two towers, but the second was never completed.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54965] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle of the Boyne.] To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, This Plate engraved from the original Picture of The Battle of the Boyne, in the Collection of the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Grosvenor Is by permission Dedicated by His Roal Highnesse's most faithful obedient Servants - Benj.n West and John Hill.
Painted by B. West, Historical Painter to His Majesty. Engraved by John Hall.
Published as the Act directs, 18 Oct.r 1781 by B. West, j. Hall & W. Woollett, London.
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 485 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"). Trimmed to plate, some toning of paper.
William III on a white horse, leading his army across the Boyne, 1st July 1690. Bottom right the Duke of Schomberg is carried off by four soldiers, having been shot in the neck
BM: 1876,0708.2600, final published state.
[Ref: 54702] £420.00

The Town of Bray.
Le Porte del. et Sculp.
[London: Thomas Macklin, 1796]
Coloured etching. 475 x 630mm (18 x 24¾"), paper watermarked 'HS&S 183[*]'. Narrow margins, creases, publication line weakly inked. Sky rubbed on right.
A view of Bray, County Wicklow, from the banks of the River Dargle, showing the bridge. One of a series of Irish views drawn by John Laporte.
Bonar Law: p.67
[Ref: 54763] £420.00

[Signing of the Treaty of Breda, 1667] D'Eeuwige Gedenck-Teekene van de Engelse en Nederlandtse Oorlog en Vreede [...] fo.249
[Anon., c.1672.]
Engraving. Sheet 245 x 235mm (9½ x 9¼"). Tipped into backing sheet at sides. Slight creasing where folded into volume.
The signing of the Treaty of Breda, which brought to an end the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7) in favour of the Dutch. This plate also appears on a large broadside comprising several scenes relating to the war, with letterpress, although the text here differs, indicating a different publication. The Breda Peace Conference is an important moment in the history of the North American colonies: the Dutch officially conceded New York and the surrounding colonies in New Jersey and Delaware to English control.
[Ref: 55141] £480.00

[Treaty of Breda] Vreede-Handelingh tot Breda, gesloten op den XXXI Iuly, door de Gevolmachtighden van hare Kon: May:tn van Groot Brittannien, Vrankryck, Deenmarcken en der Hoogm: Herren Staten Generael vande Vereenichde Nederlanden ende geratificeert inde Kamer Conferentie, op den 24 Augusti, Anno 1667.
[Etched by Romain de Hooghe.]
te Amsterdam by I.Ottens. [n.d., 1720.]
Etching. 395 x 545mm (15½ x 21½"). Framed. Cut to image. Unexamined out of frame.
A celebration of the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Breda, which ended the Second Dutch War in 1667. A large image shows the delegates meeting; down the sides and above are nine more scenes of the English Ambassadors arriving and the celebrations afterwards, lettered A-K with the key in English beneath. The Breda Peace Conference is an important moment in the history of the North American colonies: the Dutch officially conceded New York and the surrounding colonies in New Jersey and Delaware to English control.
Landwehr, p.57, state II of II.
[Ref: 55139] £1,280.00

Cairo looking West.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Decr. 1st 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 340 x 530mm (13¼ x 20¾")..
The Pyramids in the distance mark the limits of the city and the start of the Desert. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 54953] £950.00

No. 3 Camp.
135-150 / E. Warner.
[n.d. after 1922]
Signed etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7"). Sheet laid at top on original mount. Some toning around edges of the mount.
A very atmospheric view of a settlement in a woodland clearing.
[Ref: 54032] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Lake Camperdown / Victoria. B/7
Stuart E. Wade 13/47.
[n.d. 1920].
Signed etching. 235 x 185mm (9¼ x 7¼"), with large margins. Uncut. Toning.
A view of a lake in Camperdown, a rural town in Southwestern Victoria, Australia.
[Ref: 54029] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Stretch on Back. Bringing in the Milkers.
E. Warner.
[n.d .after 1922]
Signed etching. 180 x 270mm (7 x 11") very large margins.
A landscape of a man on horseback herding a small group of cows. Very atmospheric.
[Ref: 54033] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinese Christian Almanac]. [Lee in ink}
[n.d. c. 1880.]
Scarce letterpress. 555 x 460mm (21¾ x 18"). Creasing and small holes along folds. Staining
Chinese Christian Almanac with three pictorial engravings, one engraved by Charles Dietrich 1880's; a view of a Chinese town, the profile of a ship at sea and a landscape with a steam train.
[Ref: 55114] £690.00

Dame Chinois dans sa Chambre. Chaque pays a sa beaute, Et les visages de la Chine Ont tout l'air et la bonne mine De nos dames de qualite.
Chez H Bonnart vis avis les Mathurins au Coq avec privilege du Roy [n.d. c.1675-1700].
Etching with engraving. 275 x 190mm (10¾ x 7½"), with very large margins. Trimmed to platemark on left side. Foxing in margins.
A seated Chinese woman next to a table with paper and writing implements. Engraving by Henri Bonnart II (1642-1711), known for his work on fashion and costume, along with his four brothers. From an album of 215 prints depicting different French costumes of the period, the majority are published by members of the Bonnart family.
[Ref: 54719] £320.00

Vue du Chateau de Choisy le Roy du côté du Jardin.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with original hand colour. Sheet 255 x 430mm (10 x 17"), prepared as a transparency. Trimmed to plate, edges blacked, colour smears a little surface wear.
A view of the royal residence, the Château de Choisy, prepared as a transparency, with pinholes with coloured tissue on the reverse so that when it is held up to a light the windows of the buildings are lit.
[Ref: 54799] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] The Crested Parrot or Cockatoo.
Eleazar Albin del Jul 28, 1735.
[n.d., c.1735.]
Etching with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark, 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"), with large margins. Faded.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, from Albin's 'A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life', published 1731-8.
[Ref: 54754] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo] Petit Kakatoes à hupe jaune.
Dessiné et gravé par Martinet.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 265 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Small stain on right top. Large margins on 3 sides.
A Sulphur Crested cockatoo, drawn by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800)
[Ref: 54753] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)

Compensation. Old TAOW-KWANG, being now tired of the war, sent Commisioners to treat for peace. Accordingly, on the 26th of August, 1842, they arrived, and a Treaty was immediately commenced.- China to pay 21,000,000 dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding years.- Five Large Ports to be thrown open to British trade, and the Island of Hong-Kong to be ceded for ever to England. - Who retains possession of Nankin and the Grand Canal until the first installment of 6,000,000 dollars is paid.
Wood engraving, printed in blue 135 x 150mm (5¼ x 6"). Glued to backing sheet.
A rare satire on the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) a peace treaty that ended the First Opium War (1839-1842). The image shows the Emperor Daoguang (otherwise known as Tao Kuang) (1782 -1850) handing the money over to the English Soldiers and presenting sacks, the one in his hand reads ' Holland & Wood to Burn,' and behind his men are jars containing Opium. The Chinese Court spectates. This could possibly be a Tea Wrapper.
[Ref: 55017] £300.00

Remains of a Roman Bridge on the Guadalquivir, Cordoba.
[Lithographed by Thomas Shotter Boys after David Roberts.]
[London Published Nov.r 1st 1836 by Hodgson & Graves, 6, Pall Mall.]
Colour tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 280 x 450mm (11 x 16"). Trimmed into image, laid on card as usual
A view of Cordoba, published in David Roberts's 'Picturesque Sketches in Spain', his first publication. Although the lithography is credited to Boys, it is known that Roberts worked on every stone. The success of this work enabled Roberts to finance his important excursion to Egypt and the Holy Land.
Abbey Travel 152.
[Ref: 55048] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Her Majesty Queen Victoria’s tour thro the fleet in the Harbour of Cork, on the 3d of August, 1849. [Publ.d for the benefit of the Cork Masonic Female Orphan Asylum. Dedicated to Coln. J.C. Chatterton K.H. Provincial Grand Master of Munster S.G.I.G. 33rd by his Friend and Brother Oliver J. Jones, 1st Lieut. H.M.S. Ganges.]
Lieut. O.J. Jones Del.t. Dickinson & Co. Lith.
[1849.]
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 440 x 615mm (17¼ x 24¼"). Trimmed, losing publication details and dedication. Wear to edges. Slight creasing bottom right.
A view of Cork Harbour, with the British Fleet at anchor, the first stop of an eleven day Irish tour undertaken by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on 2-12 August 1849. From Cork the Royal party sailed to Dublin and Belfast, aboard the royal yacht, 'Victoria and Albert'. The rigging of HMS Ganges (on the right) is full of sailors saluting the monarch.
[Ref: 55164] £950.00

The City of Dresden. Le Ville de Dresden.
Patton Sculp.
London Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, S.t Paul's Church Yard, Robert Wilkinson, 58, Cornhill and Laurie and Whittle, 53, Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 295 x 435mm (11½ x 17¼"), with large margins. Laid on album paper. Thread margin at top. Marks in the sky.
A view of the river Elbe in Dresden.
[Ref: 55169] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Dresden] Vue de Dresde du côté occidental, prise près le village de Lieschen.
Dessiné d'après nature et gravé par C.G. Hammer à Dresde.
bei Heinrich Rittner in Dresden [n.d., c.1816].
Rare coloured etching with aquatint. 510 x 660mm (20 x 26"), paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1816'. Trimmed into plate at bottom, two tears entering sky, one repaired, one taped.
A view of Brühl's Terrace, Dresden, with the Hofkirche but before the building of the Semperoper (1841), engraved (and probably drawn by) Christian Gottlob Hammer.
[Ref: 54769] £580.00

[Erskine Falls / Lorne]. Genuine original etching limited edition by Fabian Swire (London artist) / Series five Subjects and Places of Interest.
[n.d. after 1930].
Signed etching with original label as issued. 130 x 80mm (5 x 3¼") large margins. Sheet laid at top in original mount.
A view of the Erskine Falls in Lorne, published as part of Fabian Swire's fifth series Subjects and Places of Interest.
[Ref: 54021] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Estuary. With best wishes for a happy Xmas.
F. Sidney Walker,
1925.
Signed etching. In ink at bottom of mount "With Best Wishes for a Happy X-Mas 1925"; 90 x 150mm (3½ x 6"), with large margins Sheet laid at top in original mount. Time stained.
A view of an estuary from a wooded hill by Australian artist F. Sidney Walker (1888-1972).
[Ref: 54023] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Fireworks for the wedding of Leopold I] Eigentliche Abbild ,, ünd vorstellüng des sehr künftlichen ünd tostbarn Feuerwerds welches auf dem Hochfeyerlichen Kayserl. Beylager zu Wien den 8, Decembris (28) Novemb.) dess 1666. Jahrs, angesündet und branet worden.
[after Melchior Küsel.]
[Frankfurt: Johann Görlin & Johann Bauer, 1703.]
Engraving. 300 x 345mm (11¾ x 13½"), with margins. Binding folds.
A fireworks display celebrating the marriage of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to Margaret Theresa, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain. The fireworks are being launched from a baroque building, with centaurs fighting in the foreground. From 'Theatrum Europaeum', published by the heirs of Matthaus Merian.
[Ref: 54927] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Réunion d'Artistes. Dédiée aux Amateurs des Arts.
Peint par Boilly en 1800. Gravé par A. Clement. Imprimé par Bassand.
à Paris chez l'Auteur, Cloitre des Bernadines d.ion des Plantes No.136 & à l'entrepôt de Thé, rue des fossés Montmartre, No.6'.
Stipple. 550 x 430mm (21¾ x 17"), very large margins on 3 sides Trimmed within plate on left, year entering plate taped, slight spotting. Some loss on left in margin
A group portrait of twenty-nine French artists, all seen head and shoulders, grouped together amidst clouds, in an oval. They include Boilly, Redouté, Isabay, Bourgeois, Demarne, Vernet and Gérard.
See BM 1882,0311.1242 for the original key of persons.
[Ref: 54913] £980.00

Gibraltar. Vue Générale prise au-dessus de l'Aqueduc d'Algésiras. L'Esgagne a vol d'oiseau.
A. Guesdon del. et lith. Imp. F.ois Delarue, Paris.
Paris (M.on Aumont) François Delarue, rue JJ. Rouseau 18 [n.d., c.1860].
Fine tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15¼ x 22").
A view of Gibraltar from the hills above Algeciras, with the aqueduct built 1777-83. In the foregound are Andalusians in their traditional dress, playing guitars and dancing. From a series of bird's-eye view of Spain.
[Ref: 54706] £480.00

On the Daro, Granada.
David Roberts 1836. W.G. [William Gauci.]
[London Published Nov.r 1st 1837 by Hodgson & Graves, 6, Pall Mall.]
Colour tinted lithograph. Sheet 400 x 275mm (17¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed into image. Laid on card as issued.
A view of the river Daro, winding through the city of Granada. It was published in David Roberts's 'Picturesque Sketches in Spain', his first publication. Although the plate bears the initials of William Gauci as lithographer, it is known that Roberts worked on every stone. The success of this work enabled Roberts to finance his important excursion to Egypt and the Holy Land.
Abbey Travel 152.
[Ref: 55046] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Lammasery at Hanleh, Frontier of China.]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Sepia watercolour. Sheet 455 x 605mm (18 x 23¾"). Surface scratch.
A view of a hilltop lamasery (a monastery of lamas), in a barren landscape. The title is in ballpoint ink on reverse.
[Ref: 54935] £480.00

Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les Tableaux les plus intéressants des Palais et des Eglises de L'Italie, Première Suite. Rome [&] ... Second Suite. Rome. [&] ... Cinquieme Suite. Venice. [&] Troisieme Suite. Bologne.
[Paris: Lavoy, 1770-75.]
Small folio, 265 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), original half calf gilt, marbled boards. Four parts: 1 & 2 (Rome) with 55 of 60 numbered aquatints (one unnumbered, bound at end of book); part 4 (Venice) 40 numbered plates, as called for; part 3 (Bologna) 40 numbered plates, as called for. Total 135 aquatints printed in sepia of 140. Wear to binding, inner hinges strained, parts three and four misbound, ink stamp on engraved title
A collection of the first four parts of the 'Fragments' (Five & Six related to Naples and Herculanum, with 60 more plates), containing sketches mostly by Fragonard after paintings by Michaelangelo. Raphael, Carrachi and others. The plates were etched in aquatint by Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, an early use of the technique.
[Ref: 53762] £950.00 view all images for this item

Rivière de Bezouki.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 375mm (11¼ x 14¾"), with very large margins with blindstamp of 'La Favorite' in bottom margin.
A river of Java, with a waterfall. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54668] £350.00

Hebrew Woman & Child.
David Wilkie ft 1840. [Lithographed by Joseph Nash.]
[London: Graves & Warmsley, 1843.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 410 x 285mm (16 x 11½"), with large margins.
A seated woman wearing an embroidered jacket and headdress, with a small child on her lap. David Wilkie (1785-1841) set out for the East in 1840 to gather material for a series of biblical illustrations, visiting Constantinople, Beirut, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Alexandria. He died at sea on his return journey, before he could turn his sketches into the intended oils: This plate appeared in his 'Sketches in Turkey, Syria and Egypt' published in 1843.
Abbey Travel: 379.
[Ref: 54739] £320.00 (£384.00 incl.VAT)

[A Jewish Woman of Gibraltar in fiesta dress]
J.F. Lewis 1835.
Tinted lithograph with original hand-colouring 360 x 275mm (14¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed and glued onto backing card as issued in the 1st deluxe state. Slightly cockled. Some slight foxing.
A young woman seated cross-legged on a carpet, wearing a mantilla over her head, jewellery, and ornately decorated bodice with broad sleeves; two ballustraded windows of a house seen in background. According to the ink mss on the back this is 'From Lewis' sketches of Spain , Spanish Characters made 1833-4 the sketch in the posession og G. Woodzoffe Esq.'
[Ref: 55023] £520.00

[Coronation of Frederick I of Prussia] Die Königl. Prüssische Salbung. Prospect der Schlos Capell in Königsberg, wie die beede Königl. Thronen geordoniret und dieselbe ausgezieret gewesen, bey geschehener Salbung Ao. 1701, den 18.
Eosander de Göthe Invent: et ordon.
[Frankfurt: heirs of Matthaus Merian, 1712.]
Fine & rare etching on three sheets conjoined. Total 390 x 910mm (15¼ x 36"). Original binding folds. Small margins.
The coronation of Frederick I of Prussia in the chapel at Königsberg Castle. By Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe (1669–1728) a Late-Baroque architect.
[Ref: 55053] £550.00

[La Rochelle.]
Peint a La Rochelle par J. Vernet en 1762. [Etched by Charles-Nicolas Cochin & Jacques Philippe Le Bas.]
[n.d., c.1767]
Etching, a very rare progress proof before letters, 18th century watermark. 530 x 745mm (21 x 29½"), with large margins.
A view of La Rochelle, detailing the activity on the quayside. Plate 14 of the series 'Les Ports de France' after Joseph Vernet (1714 - 1789), a painter famous for his maritime scenes. This unfinished proof has no clouds, and has the artist's details on a trough and 'N.l 22' on a building, both erased for the published state. The original oil is in the 'Musée national de la Marine', a part of the Louvre until 1971.
[Ref: 53996] £1,250.00

The Salmon Leap at Leixlip, _ County of Dublin.
J. Laporte del. et Sculp.t.
[London: Thomas Macklin, 1796]
Rare & fine coloured etching. Sheet 475 x 630mm (18 x 24¾"), paper watermarked 'HS&S'. Trimmed within plate, publication line weakly inked. Creasing in centre.
Anglers under a waterfall on the Liffey. Leixlip (derived from the Norse for 'salmon leap') was the home of Arthur Guinness's first brewery, 1755. One of a series of Irish views drawn by John Laporte.
Bonar Law: p.67
[Ref: 54757] £650.00

View Near Limerick.
Walmsley Pinx.t. Hassell sculp.t.
London Published Oct.r 1st 1800 by J. Brydon, Charing Cross.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished, P & E watermark, 330 x 455mm (13 x 18"), with large margins Slight crease and wornhole in sky area. Bit dusty.
A ruined church by the side of a lake.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54981] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Foreshore / Lorne] Genuine original etching limited edition by Fabian Swire (London Artist) / Series One Views of Victoria.
1934-5.
Signed etching, with original label as issued. 85 x 140mm (3½ x 5½"), with margins. Letterpress souvenir of Melbourne & centenary edition on reverse Sheet laid at top in original mount. Stain in the centre at the top of the mount.
A view of shore from the seaside town Lorne, in the Victoria state, published as part of Fabian Swire's first series Views of Victoria. The souvenir slip attached to the back of the mount celebrates 100 years since the city of Melbourne was founded, in August 1835.
[Ref: 54016] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Luxemburg.
F. de Wit excudit. [n.d., c.1680.]
Etching, 17th century watermark. Sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed to printed border.
A prospect of the town, showing the defences.
[Ref: 54711] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Macao.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc. Finot imp.
de Sainson Edit. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 285 x 380mm (11¼ x 15") very large margins.
Prospect of the Portuguese trading port of Macao (Macau), from 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...'. Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54665] £650.00

A General View of the City of Madrid in the Capital of the Kingdom of Spain. Vue Generale de Madrd, ville Capitale du Roieaume d'Espagne.
Published According to Act of Parliament. Published 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, N.o 53 Fleet Street, London. c. 1810
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"), with large margins. Laid on album paper.
A view of Madrid from across the river Manzanares.
[Ref: 55174] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Vue Prise à Malacca.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
De Sainson Edit. Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Fine aquatint, printed in colours and hand finished. 265 x 360mm (10½ x 14¼"), very large margins, with blindstamp of 'La Favorite' in bottom margin.
View at Malacca, Malaysia; some Europeans on horseback in right foreground. From 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830, 1831, 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace...' (5 vols). Colour-printed examples are rare.
SP Lohia Collection 5256: ''The coloured version of the 'Album Historique' is a work of extraordinary quality. It ranks among the finest plate books produced in the 19th century, the colouring being o
[Ref: 54666] £390.00

Malaga.
D. Roberts 1836 [in plate]. [Lithographed by William Gauci.]
[London Published Nov.r 1st 1836 by Hodgson & Graves, 6, Pall Mall.]
Colour tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on card as issued.
A view of the Citadel and Port of Malaga, Spain. It was published in David Roberts's 'Picturesque Sketches in Spain', his first publication. Although the plate bears the initials of William Gauci as lithographer, it is known that Roberts worked on every stone. The success of this work enabled Roberts to finance his important excursion to Egypt and the Holy Land.
[Ref: 55047] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Malta in ink on the back]
[c. 1820]
Watercolour sheet, part [18]18 [Wha]tman Turkey Mills watermark; 180 x 640mm (7¼ x 25¼") Repaired join, vertical folds and some staining.
A panoramic view of a grand harbour in Malta. The clear blue sky reflects in the tranquil waters and vast amounts stone coloured buildings line above and below the sea walls. Rows of sailing ships float in the dock only a few are moored away from the group.
[Ref: 54987] £950.00

A Perspective View of the Town and Fortifications of Malta. Veue Perspective de la Ville et des Fortifications de Malta.
Published 12th May 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, N.o 53 Fleet Street, London.
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 260 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"), with large margins. Laid on album paper. Slight oxidising left & right top.
A birds-eye view of Malta and the ships sailing in and out of the harbour.
[Ref: 55178] £350.00

[Eleven fine watercolours of Mediterranean scenes.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Eleven watercolours by the same hand. Each c. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), some sheets watermarked 'L Tovil Mill 1810.]
Eleven watercolours from an English tour around the Mediterranean, with subjects from Venice, Malta, Naples, and Genoa, including two litters, a wine press, a monk taking confession and various costumes. The Lower Tovil Mill (or Allnut Mill) was a papermaking mill on the River Loose, a tributary of the Medway, Kent.
[Ref: 55050] £1,500.00 view all images for this item

[Untitled medley print relating to the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74.]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Printed from two plates, mezzotint and a colour-printed engraving, both with hand colour. Total 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A trompe-l'œil medley print, with a central mezzotint printed over an engraving of proporting to be seven pieces of paper, stuck on a wooden wall by red sealing wax.. The mezzotint is of an Old Master-style Dutch drinker. The other images are two playing cards (front and back); a map of the Aegean; a scene of a 'triumphant' Russian standing over a vanquished Turk with a Greek watching; a scrap with French text relating to the war; and a naval battle engraving (The Battle of Chesme, June 24, 1770) and a German almanac title-page, both printed in sanguine. Christian Gottlob Winterschmidt (1755-1809)
See National Archives for copy Orlov Revolt 1770.
[Ref: 54801] £690.00

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