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De Saal van het sadt Huys t'Amsterdam. Vue de la grande salle dans la maison de villle à Amsterdam.
Sevend à { Amsterdam, chez Jof: Buff a et Compe dans le Kalwerstraát, Paris, Chez Ambrefonne, Porte St. Antoine, Mon des Boucheries.
Rare etching lines with aquatint colour, printed in colour. Sheet 29.5 x 22cm (11¾ x 8¾"). Cut and glued to backing sheet at edges.
Plate 11 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam. An interior view of a town hall. The print was published by both Buffa & Co in the Netherlands and Ambresonne in France.
[Ref: 54054] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sevend à { Amsterdam, chez Jof: Buff a et Compe dans le Kalwerstraát, Paris, Chez Ambrefonne, Porte St. Antoine, Mon des Boucheries.
Rare etching lines with aquatint colour, printed in colour. Sheet 29.5 x 22cm (11¾ x 8¾"). Cut and glued to backing sheet at edges.
Plate 11 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam. An interior view of a town hall. The print was published by both Buffa & Co in the Netherlands and Ambresonne in France.
[Ref: 54054] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
De Muyier Poordt te Amsterdam. Vue de la porte de Muyier à Amsterdam.
G.A Meysenheym del. J.A. Le Campion sculp.
Sevend à { Amsterdam, chez Jof: Buff a et Compe dans le Kalwerstraát, Paris, Chez Ambrefonne, Porte St. Antoine, Mon des Boucheries.
Rare etching lines with aquatint colour, printed in colour. Sheet 29.5 x 22cm (11¾ x 8¾"). Cut and glued to backing sheet at edges
Plate 12 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam. A view of a port; a wooden bridge leads to a domed white building. There is a windmill, two small buildings and a couple of trees on the left within circle. The print was published by both Buffa & Co in the Netherlands and Ambresonne in France.
BM 1917,1208.1587
[Ref: 54053] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G.A Meysenheym del. J.A. Le Campion sculp.
Sevend à { Amsterdam, chez Jof: Buff a et Compe dans le Kalwerstraát, Paris, Chez Ambrefonne, Porte St. Antoine, Mon des Boucheries.
Rare etching lines with aquatint colour, printed in colour. Sheet 29.5 x 22cm (11¾ x 8¾"). Cut and glued to backing sheet at edges
Plate 12 from a series of at least 20 views of Amsterdam. A view of a port; a wooden bridge leads to a domed white building. There is a windmill, two small buildings and a couple of trees on the left within circle. The print was published by both Buffa & Co in the Netherlands and Ambresonne in France.
BM 1917,1208.1587
[Ref: 54053] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Napoleon Defeating the Mamelukes, at the Battle of the Pyramids, near Cairo.
Engrav'd by Mr George Cruikshank from the Design of Swebach, originally Published at Paris, and dedicated to the Grand Army.
Published October 1 1823 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint, J. Whatman, Turkey Mill 1827 watermark. Sheet 215 x 295mm (8½ x 11½"). Folded twice as issued, trimmed close to image, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
In the Battle of the Pyramids (or Battle of Embabeh), 21st July 1798, Napoleon destroyed the Ottoman armies of Egypt, using a new tactic, the Divisional Square, to counter the Mameluck cavalry attacks. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 54170] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Mr George Cruikshank from the Design of Swebach, originally Published at Paris, and dedicated to the Grand Army.
Published October 1 1823 by John Cumberland, No 19, Ludgate Hill.
Coloured aquatint, J. Whatman, Turkey Mill 1827 watermark. Sheet 215 x 295mm (8½ x 11½"). Folded twice as issued, trimmed close to image, small split taped, album paper stuck over left edge.
In the Battle of the Pyramids (or Battle of Embabeh), 21st July 1798, Napoleon destroyed the Ottoman armies of Egypt, using a new tactic, the Divisional Square, to counter the Mameluck cavalry attacks. From W.H. Ireland's 'Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', 1828.
Tooley 278.
[Ref: 54170] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Habitation et Propriété de M.r Henri Fournier Sur la Montagne de S.ta Thereza à Rio Janeiro.
Dessiné par Mr N. Desmons.Lith. par A. Guesdon.
Imp. Lemercier, Pris. [n.d., 1855.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet. 395 x 850mm (15½ x 33½"). Extensive tear, repaired, cracking, surface abrasion, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
A Brazilian fazenda (plantation) building, with some of the black workers dancing outside. Iluchar Desmons (b.1803) settled in Rio de Janeiro in 1840. In 1855 he published ''Panoramas de la Ville de Rio de Janeiro'', with thirteen lithographs. He often signed his plates with 'N Desmons'.
[Ref: 54161] £450.00
Dessiné par Mr N. Desmons.Lith. par A. Guesdon.
Imp. Lemercier, Pris. [n.d., 1855.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet. 395 x 850mm (15½ x 33½"). Extensive tear, repaired, cracking, surface abrasion, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
A Brazilian fazenda (plantation) building, with some of the black workers dancing outside. Iluchar Desmons (b.1803) settled in Rio de Janeiro in 1840. In 1855 he published ''Panoramas de la Ville de Rio de Janeiro'', with thirteen lithographs. He often signed his plates with 'N Desmons'.
[Ref: 54161] £450.00
![[Battle of Cape St Vincent.] Nelson Receiving the Swords on Board the San Josef, Feb.y 14, 1797.](jpegs/54240.jpg)
[Battle of Cape St Vincent.] Nelson Receiving the Swords on Board the San Josef, Feb.y 14, 1797. To the British Navy, this Historical Engraving from the Original Picture in the Possession of the Publishers, ie repectfully dedicated by Leggatt, Hayward & Leggatt.
Painted by Tho.s J. Barker. Engraved by Cha.s G. Lewis.
London, Published November 10, 1853, by Leggatt, Hawyward & Leggatt, 79, Cornhill.
Large mixed method engraving, fine impression. 720 x 1200mm (28¼ x 47¼"). Repaired tears, including one entering image at top and one through title area.
A view of the aftermath of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, with Commodore Horatio Nelson receiving the surrender of 'San José', one of the two ships his boarders had overrun, using the novel technique of crossing one ship to get to the second.. Brought into the Royal Navy and renamed 'San Josef', the ship was finally broken up in 1849.
[Ref: 54240] £680.00
Painted by Tho.s J. Barker. Engraved by Cha.s G. Lewis.
London, Published November 10, 1853, by Leggatt, Hawyward & Leggatt, 79, Cornhill.
Large mixed method engraving, fine impression. 720 x 1200mm (28¼ x 47¼"). Repaired tears, including one entering image at top and one through title area.
A view of the aftermath of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, with Commodore Horatio Nelson receiving the surrender of 'San José', one of the two ships his boarders had overrun, using the novel technique of crossing one ship to get to the second.. Brought into the Royal Navy and renamed 'San Josef', the ship was finally broken up in 1849.
[Ref: 54240] £680.00
Îles CarolinesL Dances et Costum des Naururels.
J.s. Arago delin.t. Lerouge et Choubard sculpt.
[Paris, 1822-4.]
Stipple. 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½"), with wide margins.
Men of the Caroline Islands dancing with staves, under instruction from a man at the side. A plate from the official account of Louis-Claude de Freycinet's circumnavigation, 'Voyage Autour Du Monde fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820'.
[Ref: 54234] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
J.s. Arago delin.t. Lerouge et Choubard sculpt.
[Paris, 1822-4.]
Stipple. 235 x 320mm (9¼ x 12½"), with wide margins.
Men of the Caroline Islands dancing with staves, under instruction from a man at the side. A plate from the official account of Louis-Claude de Freycinet's circumnavigation, 'Voyage Autour Du Monde fait par ordre du roi sur les corvettes de S.M l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820'.
[Ref: 54234] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
In the Valley of Chamouni.
On Stone by T.S. Cooper. A Ducotés Lithog.y 10 St Martins Lane.
London, Published by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street.
Lithograph. Printed area 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10¾"), with very wide margins.
A view from the valley looking up at the Mont Blanc massif. Thomas Sydney Cooper (1803-1902) is better known for his cattle subjects.
[Ref: 54244] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
On Stone by T.S. Cooper. A Ducotés Lithog.y 10 St Martins Lane.
London, Published by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street.
Lithograph. Printed area 210 x 270mm (8¼ x 10¾"), with very wide margins.
A view from the valley looking up at the Mont Blanc massif. Thomas Sydney Cooper (1803-1902) is better known for his cattle subjects.
[Ref: 54244] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A View of the Bay of Gaspe in the Government of Quebec Situate in the Gulf of St. Laurence. A House on the Beach in which Gen.l Wolf resided in 1759. / 2. 1500 Quintals of Fish.
Gent. Mag. [Sylvanus Urban, pseudonym of publisher Edward Cave]
London, [n.d. 1764] [Edward Cave]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Two vertical creases as issued.
A view of Gaspe Bay, on the northeast coast of the Gaspe peninsula, Quebec. The General Wolf mentioned is British army officer James Wolfe (1727-1759), remembered for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. The battle lasted only fifteen minutes but Wolfe was fatally shot three times; he was posthumously dubbed 'The Hero of Quebec'.
[Ref: 54089] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gent. Mag. [Sylvanus Urban, pseudonym of publisher Edward Cave]
London, [n.d. 1764] [Edward Cave]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 175 x 250mm (7 x 9¾"), with large margins. Two vertical creases as issued.
A view of Gaspe Bay, on the northeast coast of the Gaspe peninsula, Quebec. The General Wolf mentioned is British army officer James Wolfe (1727-1759), remembered for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. The battle lasted only fifteen minutes but Wolfe was fatally shot three times; he was posthumously dubbed 'The Hero of Quebec'.
[Ref: 54089] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Entrance into Halifax Harbour.
D. Serres del. Wells Sculp.
by J. Gold, 703, Shoe Lane.
Aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed.
View of the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Published in the 'Naval Chronicle'.
[Ref: 53864] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
D. Serres del. Wells Sculp.
by J. Gold, 703, Shoe Lane.
Aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9¼"). Trimmed.
View of the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Published in the 'Naval Chronicle'.
[Ref: 53864] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
In the Collection of W.m Kent Esq.r 2 feet 2 inch: wide. 1 foot 4 inch: high.
Salvator Rosa pinx. J: Wood Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744.
Fine etching. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), with wide margins.
A hooded figure reading a book in the foreground of this rocky, blustery landscape. William Kent (1685-1748), who is said to have Salvator Rosa's original painting in the title of the print, was an English painter, architect and landscape architect. He had a hand in the landscaping and interior design for Chiswick House, Hampton Court Palace and Devonshire House, and had a lasting impact on the history of interior design and estate layout.
[Ref: 54117] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Salvator Rosa pinx. J: Wood Sculp.
Publish'd by Ar: Pond Feb.y 1744.
Fine etching. 310 x 405mm (12¼ x 16"), with wide margins.
A hooded figure reading a book in the foreground of this rocky, blustery landscape. William Kent (1685-1748), who is said to have Salvator Rosa's original painting in the title of the print, was an English painter, architect and landscape architect. He had a hand in the landscaping and interior design for Chiswick House, Hampton Court Palace and Devonshire House, and had a lasting impact on the history of interior design and estate layout.
[Ref: 54117] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mentz. From the Influx of the Maine into the Rhine.
C. G. Schultz del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t. London, pub.d Octo.r 1, 1819, at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's Views on the Rhine.
London, 1819.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 295mm (11½ x 9¾"). Trimmed. Some toning.
A beautifully coloured view of Mentz (now Mainz), the capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany.
[Ref: 54086] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. G. Schultz del.t. T. Sutherland sculp.t. London, pub.d Octo.r 1, 1819, at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's Views on the Rhine.
London, 1819.
Coloured aquatint. 250 x 295mm (11½ x 9¾"). Trimmed. Some toning.
A beautifully coloured view of Mentz (now Mainz), the capital of the Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany.
[Ref: 54086] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Abriss der Dreÿen gegeneinander Correspondierenden Vestungen Monaco, Capo di Sant' Spirito und Niza di Provenza.
[Engraved by Matthias Merian.]
[Frankfurt: Merian, c.1640.]
Engraved map. Sheet 205 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A map in the form of a bird's-eye view, looking down on Nice, Monte Carlo, Villa Franca and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, detailing their defensive walls. The map was published during the period that the Grimaldi family won recognition of the independence of Monaco, from the Spanish in 1633 and the French in 1641. Honoré II (1597-1662) was the first Prince of Monaco.
[Ref: 54245] £350.00
[Engraved by Matthias Merian.]
[Frankfurt: Merian, c.1640.]
Engraved map. Sheet 205 x 365mm (8 x 14¼"). Trimmed to printed border.
A map in the form of a bird's-eye view, looking down on Nice, Monte Carlo, Villa Franca and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, detailing their defensive walls. The map was published during the period that the Grimaldi family won recognition of the independence of Monaco, from the Spanish in 1633 and the French in 1641. Honoré II (1597-1662) was the first Prince of Monaco.
[Ref: 54245] £350.00
Moscow.
Publish'd b R.Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1815.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 340 x 555mm (13½ x 21¾"), Part J. Whatman watermark. Trimmed to plate mark, original centre fold as normal and taped on reverse. Slightly messy top left.
From 'An Impartial Historical Narrative of Those Momentous Events Which Have Taken Place in This Country', relating to the Napoleonic Wars.
[Ref: 54169] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Publish'd b R.Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1815.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 340 x 555mm (13½ x 21¾"), Part J. Whatman watermark. Trimmed to plate mark, original centre fold as normal and taped on reverse. Slightly messy top left.
From 'An Impartial Historical Narrative of Those Momentous Events Which Have Taken Place in This Country', relating to the Napoleonic Wars.
[Ref: 54169] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
To the British Navy, This Print representing The Battle of Navarino, is respectfully dedicated by the Publisher.
Peint par C. Langlois. Commencé par S.W. Reynolds et Terminé par Sixdeniers.
London, Published by W.Spooner 259 Regent Street. à Paris chez Schroth, Editeur rué St Honoré Nos 363 bis. New York published by Bailly Ward & Co. Jeune.[n.d. c.1830.]
Mezzotint with stipple and etching. 610 x 800mm (24 x 31½"). Repaired tears.
A scene of the Battle of Navarino (20 October 1827), with the wreck of a ship in the foreground, with turkish sailors clinging to the wreckage, one in the centre stepping up onto the side over a gun-port, looking to the left.
Whitman 397.
[Ref: 54273] £1,500.00
Peint par C. Langlois. Commencé par S.W. Reynolds et Terminé par Sixdeniers.
London, Published by W.Spooner 259 Regent Street. à Paris chez Schroth, Editeur rué St Honoré Nos 363 bis. New York published by Bailly Ward & Co. Jeune.[n.d. c.1830.]
Mezzotint with stipple and etching. 610 x 800mm (24 x 31½"). Repaired tears.
A scene of the Battle of Navarino (20 October 1827), with the wreck of a ship in the foreground, with turkish sailors clinging to the wreckage, one in the centre stepping up onto the side over a gun-port, looking to the left.
Whitman 397.
[Ref: 54273] £1,500.00
The Whole Russian Empire. The European Part of the Russian Empire With the Several Countries that are the Theatre of the Present War between the Turks and the Russians, from D'Anville's maps. [&] The Asiatic Part of the Russian Empire with the adjacent Coast of North America from D'Anville's Map.
London Printed for R. Sayer Map & Printseller No 53 Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 2.d March 1772.
Engraved map on two sheets conjoined, as issued, with original hand colour. 18th century watermark, Total 490 1280mm (19¼ x 50½"), with wide margins. Crack on binding fold taped.
A two-sheet map of the Russian Empire, each with its own title, but with a joint title across the two sheets. It shows from Poland (which was partitioned by Russia, Prussian and Austria later in the year) and the Balkans east to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. What the map calls the 'adjacent coast of North America' is an amorphous peninsula stretching under the eastern limit of the Asian coastline. In the Pacific are many large islands, including Schouten's mythical 'Company's Land' and the confused Jesso/Hokkaido.
[Ref: 54166] £480.00 view all images for this item
London Printed for R. Sayer Map & Printseller No 53 Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 2.d March 1772.
Engraved map on two sheets conjoined, as issued, with original hand colour. 18th century watermark, Total 490 1280mm (19¼ x 50½"), with wide margins. Crack on binding fold taped.
A two-sheet map of the Russian Empire, each with its own title, but with a joint title across the two sheets. It shows from Poland (which was partitioned by Russia, Prussian and Austria later in the year) and the Balkans east to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. What the map calls the 'adjacent coast of North America' is an amorphous peninsula stretching under the eastern limit of the Asian coastline. In the Pacific are many large islands, including Schouten's mythical 'Company's Land' and the confused Jesso/Hokkaido.
[Ref: 54166] £480.00 view all images for this item
A Polacca with a View of Stromboli.
Dom.k Serres del. J. Clarke & J. Hamble sculp.t. Edw.d Orme Excudit.
[Published & Sold Jan.y 1, 1807 by Edw.d Orme, 59, Bond Street London.]
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Trimmed to printed border, losing publication line. Very small repaired hole top left.
A Polacca, a two-masted ship with a lateen hoisted on the foremast), before the smoking volcano Stomboli. Polacca is Italian for 'Polish woman'. From 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres. Both were marine painters to the king, and John was the Master of Drawing at the Chelsea Naval School and, according to the title page of the 'Liber', 'Marine Draught-man to the Honourable the Board of Admiralty'.
Abbey Life 345.
[Ref: 54215] £320.00
Dom.k Serres del. J. Clarke & J. Hamble sculp.t. Edw.d Orme Excudit.
[Published & Sold Jan.y 1, 1807 by Edw.d Orme, 59, Bond Street London.]
Aquatint with hand colour. Sheet 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Trimmed to printed border, losing publication line. Very small repaired hole top left.
A Polacca, a two-masted ship with a lateen hoisted on the foremast), before the smoking volcano Stomboli. Polacca is Italian for 'Polish woman'. From 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres. Both were marine painters to the king, and John was the Master of Drawing at the Chelsea Naval School and, according to the title page of the 'Liber', 'Marine Draught-man to the Honourable the Board of Admiralty'.
Abbey Life 345.
[Ref: 54215] £320.00
![[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]](jpegs/54071.jpg)
[Three French Girls before a Castle Gate.]
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Mr Bunbury Del. Js. Bretherton Fec.
Publish'd 4th March 1780, by J.s Bretherton New Bond Street.
Etching printed in brown with added hand colour, J. Whatman watermark; Plate 330 x 305mm (13 x 12"), with small margins. Some toning along right edge and some light creasing.
Standing in a line are three girls with books under their arms, the girl at left her hands under her apron, looking at the ground; the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked unto her dress, and the third with flowers on her bonnet; at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside. The print was sold in the Bretherton 1799 sale as 'The French Girls', suggesting that it was never given a title.
[Ref: 54071] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Doge's Palace.]](jpegs/53117.jpg)
[The Doge's Palace.]
Giallina 91. David Law [pencil signature.].
London Published February 29th 1892 by Henry Graves & Co, Proprietor's 6 Pall Mall. USA Copyright Henry Graves & Co.
Etching, 325 signed proofs. 520 x 225mm (20½ x 8¾"). Laid into mount at edges. Time stained
A view of an archway leading to a flight of stairs. Two swallows fly towards the viewer.
[Ref: 53117] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Giallina 91. David Law [pencil signature.].
London Published February 29th 1892 by Henry Graves & Co, Proprietor's 6 Pall Mall. USA Copyright Henry Graves & Co.
Etching, 325 signed proofs. 520 x 225mm (20½ x 8¾"). Laid into mount at edges. Time stained
A view of an archway leading to a flight of stairs. Two swallows fly towards the viewer.
[Ref: 53117] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)