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Behold rare Cocker's Life-resembling Shade: [...].
Behold rare Cocker's Life-resembling Shade: [...].
R. Gaywood. fec[?].
[n.d. 1657]
Rare etching. 135 x 160mm (5¼ x 6"). Vertical creasing affecting the title area. Small perforation near lower left corner. ,Foxing.
A decorated portrait of Edward Cocker (1631-1676) and frontispiece to 'Arts glory; or the pen mans treasury'. Edward Cocker was an English engraver as well as a notable teacher of arithmetic, on which he also wrote several books.
[Ref: 54125]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Earth.
Earth.
R, Gaywood fecit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"), with small margins. Creasing in the margins and across the image. Lower right corner is folded. Small tears in lower and right margins.
A scene of cherubs picking fruit from a tree for a bountiful cornucopia. A number of workers are harvesting their fields in the background. Part of 'The Foure Elements' series by van Avont (1600-1652), which was also engraved by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54115]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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The Four Elements
The Four Elements Fire.
P. van Avont inu. R. Gaywood fecit. R. Walton Excudit.
London, [n.d. after 1648].
Rare etching, 17th century watermark, 160 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"). Creasing in the corners and some small tears along the top edge. Repaired tear in the centre of the lower margin. Small margins.
A scene depicting three cherubs playing with a gunpowder cannon and a discarded suit of armour. After Petrus van Avont's series the Four Elements, in which the first was fire, which were also done by Hollar, published 1647.
[Ref: 54114]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Hee that more of thine Excellence would now, On this thy Book let him some thoughts bestow; [...].
Hee that more of thine Excellence would now, On this thy Book let him some thoughts bestow; [...].
Gaywood fecit.
Scarce etching. 120 x 75mm (4¾ x 3"). Trimmed and laid on backing board at top. Some tears along right edge and in top right corner. Losses on right and bottom. Damaged.
A head and shoulders portrait of James Hodder (17th century), and frontispiece to his book 'Hodder's Arithmetick', published 1661.
[Ref: 54127]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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