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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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The Beggar's Opera. Jenny. I must and will have a kiss to give my wine a zest. Act 2 Scene 1.
Burney pinx. Bartolozzi Sc.
London Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, July 9, 1791.
Etching with engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), with large margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
Macheath sits with arms around two women. One of six frontispieces to 'British Theatre'.
De Vesme 167, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 55517] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Burney pinx. Bartolozzi Sc.
London Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, July 9, 1791.
Etching with engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), with large margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
Macheath sits with arms around two women. One of six frontispieces to 'British Theatre'.
De Vesme 167, state iii of iii.
[Ref: 55517] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Cato.
Burney pinx. Bartolozzi Sc.
London Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, July 9, 1791.
Etching with engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Small margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
A warrior and a woman kneeling down over a corpse. One of six frontispieces to 'British Theatre'.
De Vesme 1672, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 55516] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Burney pinx. Bartolozzi Sc.
London Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, July 9, 1791.
Etching with engraving, pt 18th century watermark. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Small margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
A warrior and a woman kneeling down over a corpse. One of six frontispieces to 'British Theatre'.
De Vesme 1672, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 55516] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![Heloise. [&] Abelard.](jpegs/55535.jpg)
Heloise. [&] Abelard.
Buck, del. Freeman & Stadler, sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 20, 1807, by William Holland No.11, Cockspur Street, London.
Pair of aquatints, printed in colours and hand finished. 255 x 200mm (10 x 7¾"). Right margin of 'Abelard' rebuilt. Small margins.
A pair of portraits of the nun Heloise and the monk Abelard, with lines from 'Eloisa to Abelard', a poem by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744). After Adam Buck (1759 - 1833), draughtsman and specialist in watercolours.
[Ref: 55535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Buck, del. Freeman & Stadler, sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 20, 1807, by William Holland No.11, Cockspur Street, London.
Pair of aquatints, printed in colours and hand finished. 255 x 200mm (10 x 7¾"). Right margin of 'Abelard' rebuilt. Small margins.
A pair of portraits of the nun Heloise and the monk Abelard, with lines from 'Eloisa to Abelard', a poem by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744). After Adam Buck (1759 - 1833), draughtsman and specialist in watercolours.
[Ref: 55535] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Six illustrations from 'Ghost Stories'.]](jpegs/55529.jpg)
[Six illustrations from 'Ghost Stories'.]
Pub. by R. Ackermann, London 1823.
A very rare complete set of six aquatints with hand colour. Sheets 175 x 100mm (7 x 4").
A complete set of illustrations from 'Ghost Stories, Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghost and Apparitions, and to Promote a Rational Estimate of the Nature of Phenomena commonly considered as Supernatural'. It contained eighteen short stories, although only two are illustrated: 'The Green Mantle of Venice', by H. Clauren (the only story with an attribution), has four; 'Marianne' has two.
The text of a later edition can be found on Google Books.
[Ref: 55529] £650.00
Pub. by R. Ackermann, London 1823.
A very rare complete set of six aquatints with hand colour. Sheets 175 x 100mm (7 x 4").
A complete set of illustrations from 'Ghost Stories, Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghost and Apparitions, and to Promote a Rational Estimate of the Nature of Phenomena commonly considered as Supernatural'. It contained eighteen short stories, although only two are illustrated: 'The Green Mantle of Venice', by H. Clauren (the only story with an attribution), has four; 'Marianne' has two.
The text of a later edition can be found on Google Books.
[Ref: 55529] £650.00
Homme Entre Deux Ages et ses Deux Maitresses. Fable 16 Livre 1.
Gouget direx.
[Paris, n.d., 1834.]
Engraving with hand colour. 320 x 240mm (12½ x 9½").
'The middle-aged man and his two mistresses'. From Jean de La Fontaine's Fables.
[Ref: 55475] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Gouget direx.
[Paris, n.d., 1834.]
Engraving with hand colour. 320 x 240mm (12½ x 9½").
'The middle-aged man and his two mistresses'. From Jean de La Fontaine's Fables.
[Ref: 55475] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Love triumphant over Reason.
Painted by Warniment. Engraved by Philippeaux.
Se venf à Paris chez Arthur et Comp.ie à la Manufacture Royal de aperper peint, Rue Louis le Grand au coin du Boulevard [n.d., c.1790].
Stipple. Sheet 335 x 390mm (13¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate, extensive restoration. Damaged
A bare-brested woman lies on a bed, a suitor standing at her feet. Cupid stands at her head, his quiver on the floor. With four lines from 'Love Triumphant Over Reason', a poem by the Rev. Mr John Pomfret (1667-1702). Although obscure now, Samuel Johnson included Pomfret in his 'Lives of the Poets'..
[Ref: 55423] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Warniment. Engraved by Philippeaux.
Se venf à Paris chez Arthur et Comp.ie à la Manufacture Royal de aperper peint, Rue Louis le Grand au coin du Boulevard [n.d., c.1790].
Stipple. Sheet 335 x 390mm (13¼ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate, extensive restoration. Damaged
A bare-brested woman lies on a bed, a suitor standing at her feet. Cupid stands at her head, his quiver on the floor. With four lines from 'Love Triumphant Over Reason', a poem by the Rev. Mr John Pomfret (1667-1702). Although obscure now, Samuel Johnson included Pomfret in his 'Lives of the Poets'..
[Ref: 55423] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[9 plates from Pilgrim's Progress]](jpegs/55424.jpg)
[9 plates from Pilgrim's Progress] 2. Christian and Pliable in the Slough of Despond. [&] 3. Christian's second meeting with the Evangelist. [&] 4. Christian's Burden falls off on his arrival at the Cross. [&] 5. Christian recovers his Roll. [&] 6. The Palace Beautiful and Christian in dread of the Lions. [&] 9. Christian passing the Caves of the Giants Pope and Pagan. [&] 10. Christian and Faithful confined in Vanity Fair. [&] 11. Christian and Hopeful escape from Doubting Castle. [&] 12. Christian and Hopeful passing the River.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 16 April 1781.
9 etchings [of 12], very rich impressions, some with 18th century watermark. Sheets 175 x 275mm (6¾ c 10¾"). Trimmed to plate.
9 plates of the series 'Twelve prints of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, representing the principal occurrences in Christian's journey'. The missing scenes are: '1. Christian declaring to his family his reasons for going on a pilgrimage'; '7. Christian's fight with Appollyon'; and '8. Christian in the Valley of the Shadow of Death'.
See BM 1935,0522.2.155 to 160 for a set reissued by Bowles & Carver
[Ref: 55424] £550.00 view all images for this item
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs, 16 April 1781.
9 etchings [of 12], very rich impressions, some with 18th century watermark. Sheets 175 x 275mm (6¾ c 10¾"). Trimmed to plate.
9 plates of the series 'Twelve prints of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, representing the principal occurrences in Christian's journey'. The missing scenes are: '1. Christian declaring to his family his reasons for going on a pilgrimage'; '7. Christian's fight with Appollyon'; and '8. Christian in the Valley of the Shadow of Death'.
See BM 1935,0522.2.155 to 160 for a set reissued by Bowles & Carver
[Ref: 55424] £550.00 view all images for this item