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The Destruction of the Bastile July 14th 1789.
[Painte]d by H. Singleton. Engrav'd by W. Nutter.
Publish'd Mar: 1: 1792 by B.B. Evans, Poultry London.
Scarce stipple with etching. Sheet 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Trimmed within plate, stain lower left with loss of some of artist's inscription.
The mob outside the Bastille, exchanging fire with soldiers on the battlements. A scene sympathetic to the attackers, published before the Revolution turned sour.
[Ref: 57686] £450.00
[Painte]d by H. Singleton. Engrav'd by W. Nutter.
Publish'd Mar: 1: 1792 by B.B. Evans, Poultry London.
Scarce stipple with etching. Sheet 490 x 625mm (19¼ x 24½"). Trimmed within plate, stain lower left with loss of some of artist's inscription.
The mob outside the Bastille, exchanging fire with soldiers on the battlements. A scene sympathetic to the attackers, published before the Revolution turned sour.
[Ref: 57686] £450.00
![[The Destruction of the Bastile July 14th 1789.]](jpegs/57687.jpg)
[The Destruction of the Bastile July 14th 1789.]
Painted by H. Singleton. Engrav'd by W. Nutter.
Publish'd Jan.y 7 1792 by B.B. Evans, Poultry London.
Stipple with etching, scarce proof before title. 495 x 635mm (19¼ x 24½"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased. Small margins on 3 sides.
The mob outside the Bastille, exchanging fire with soldiers on the battlements. A scene sympathetic to the attackers, published before the Revolution turned sour.
[Ref: 57687] £490.00
Painted by H. Singleton. Engrav'd by W. Nutter.
Publish'd Jan.y 7 1792 by B.B. Evans, Poultry London.
Stipple with etching, scarce proof before title. 495 x 635mm (19¼ x 24½"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, creased. Small margins on 3 sides.
The mob outside the Bastille, exchanging fire with soldiers on the battlements. A scene sympathetic to the attackers, published before the Revolution turned sour.
[Ref: 57687] £490.00
U.S. Coastal Survey. A.D. Bache Superintentent. Sketch J. No. 6, Showing the Progress of the Survey of San Francisco Bay and Vicinity. Section X. From 1850 to 1853. Scale 1/400,000 1853. ... Showing the Progress of the Survey in the Bay of San Diego California. Scale 1/200,000. 1853.
[Washington, 1854.]
Engraved map. Sheet 255 x 430mm (10 x 17"). With original binding folds.
A sheet with two charts from early trigonometrical surveys for the U.S. Coastal Survey under Alexander Dallas Bache (grandson of Benjamin Franklin).
[Ref: 57714] £140.00
[Washington, 1854.]
Engraved map. Sheet 255 x 430mm (10 x 17"). With original binding folds.
A sheet with two charts from early trigonometrical surveys for the U.S. Coastal Survey under Alexander Dallas Bache (grandson of Benjamin Franklin).
[Ref: 57714] £140.00
Cossack of the government of Irkoutsk.
Drawn by Weidenbach. Engraved by Stadler.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 530 x 440mm (20¾ x 17¼). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears.
A very fine and impressive image showing a mounted Cossack lancer in a winter landscape.
[Ref: 57779] £480.00
Drawn by Weidenbach. Engraved by Stadler.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 530 x 440mm (20¾ x 17¼). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears.
A very fine and impressive image showing a mounted Cossack lancer in a winter landscape.
[Ref: 57779] £480.00
A View of Roseau in the Island of Dominique, with the Attack Made by Lord Rollo & S.r James Douglass, in 1760.
Drawn on the Spot by L.t Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by James Peake,
London, Printed for John Bowles at No 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No 82 in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Framed, visible area 355 x 520mm (14 x 20½"). Several repaired tears. Unexamined out of frame.
The successful invasion of Dominica in June 1761 (not 1760 as in the title), towards the end of the Seven Years' War, the troops led by Andrew Rollo (the Brigadier-General in America), the ships by James Douglas (commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station). It shows The island remained a British possession after the war.
[Ref: 57576] £700.00
Drawn on the Spot by L.t Arch. Campbell Engineer. Engraved by James Peake,
London, Printed for John Bowles at No 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No 82 in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1770.]
Etching. Framed, visible area 355 x 520mm (14 x 20½"). Several repaired tears. Unexamined out of frame.
The successful invasion of Dominica in June 1761 (not 1760 as in the title), towards the end of the Seven Years' War, the troops led by Andrew Rollo (the Brigadier-General in America), the ships by James Douglas (commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station). It shows The island remained a British possession after the war.
[Ref: 57576] £700.00
College Library, Dublin.
James Malton del. et fecit.
[London, Pub.d by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Dublin. July 1793.]
Aquatint, pt J. Whatman watermark; 290 x 430mm. (11½ x 17"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the 'long room' of the College Library, Dublin. Various figures can be seen including a man reading on right. From 'A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin Described in a Series of the most Interesting Scenes taken in the Year 1791'.
Bonar-Law 2.(i)
[Ref: 57805] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
James Malton del. et fecit.
[London, Pub.d by Ja.s Malton & G. Cowen, Dublin. July 1793.]
Aquatint, pt J. Whatman watermark; 290 x 430mm. (11½ x 17"). Trimmed into plate top and bottom.
A view of the 'long room' of the College Library, Dublin. Various figures can be seen including a man reading on right. From 'A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin Described in a Series of the most Interesting Scenes taken in the Year 1791'.
Bonar-Law 2.(i)
[Ref: 57805] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Le Grand Eiger vu de la Wengernalp.
Maxi de Meuron, pinx. J. Hurlimann, sc.
à Neuchatel chez Jeanneret & Baumann.
Scarce & fine aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 405 x 325mm (16 x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate but well outside printed area, small stains in inscription area, laid on album paper. Very slight marks in title on right.
A view of the north faces of the Eiger, from an alpine meadow called Wengernalp, with cows drinking from a tarn in the foreground.
[Ref: 57801] £750.00
Maxi de Meuron, pinx. J. Hurlimann, sc.
à Neuchatel chez Jeanneret & Baumann.
Scarce & fine aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet 405 x 325mm (16 x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate but well outside printed area, small stains in inscription area, laid on album paper. Very slight marks in title on right.
A view of the north faces of the Eiger, from an alpine meadow called Wengernalp, with cows drinking from a tarn in the foreground.
[Ref: 57801] £750.00
![[El Escorial] intra du de l'escurial.](jpegs/57627.jpg)
[El Escorial] intra du de l'escurial. Entrée de Lecurial 7 lieaes de Madrid. Lieu de Sepulcre dês Roys d;Espagne. Entrada de Lescurial. 20.
[etched by Louis Meunier.]
[n.d., c.1660.]
Rare etching. 130 x 250mm (5 x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A view of the front of El Escorial, engraved by Louis Meunier (fl, 1630-1668) after drawings by the architects by Juan de Herrera and Juan Bautista de Toledo. The only reference we can find of this etching is a series of photographic copies by William Henry Fox Talbot in the Bodleian.
Bodleian 1937-3382.
[Ref: 57627] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[etched by Louis Meunier.]
[n.d., c.1660.]
Rare etching. 130 x 250mm (5 x 9¾"). Narrow margins.
A view of the front of El Escorial, engraved by Louis Meunier (fl, 1630-1668) after drawings by the architects by Juan de Herrera and Juan Bautista de Toledo. The only reference we can find of this etching is a series of photographic copies by William Henry Fox Talbot in the Bodleian.
Bodleian 1937-3382.
[Ref: 57627] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Hamburg. Alster-Arkaden u. Alter Jungfernstieg.
nach der Natur gez. u. lith v. wilh. Heuer. Druck d. lith Just v Ch.s Fuchs Hbg.
Verlag v. Carl Gassman in Hamburg Nuerwall 46 [n.d., c.1862].
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Margins discoloured.
A view of the Alsterdamm and Alten Jungfernstieg, with the Alsterarkaden on the left.
[Ref: 57574] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
nach der Natur gez. u. lith v. wilh. Heuer. Druck d. lith Just v Ch.s Fuchs Hbg.
Verlag v. Carl Gassman in Hamburg Nuerwall 46 [n.d., c.1862].
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Margins discoloured.
A view of the Alsterdamm and Alten Jungfernstieg, with the Alsterarkaden on the left.
[Ref: 57574] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Heidelberga. Wahre Contafactur der Churfürstlichen Residenz Statt Heidelberg.
[Frankfurt: Matthaus Merian, c.1645.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, to printed border at sides.
A large view of Heidelberg from across the Neckar River, with a 13-point key.
[Ref: 57661] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Frankfurt: Matthaus Merian, c.1645.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 360mm (10¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed within plate, to printed border at sides.
A large view of Heidelberg from across the Neckar River, with a 13-point key.
[Ref: 57661] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sukkot at the Temple of Jerusalem] La grande Hosanna ou cérémonie du 8.me jours de la Feste des Tabernacles,](jpegs/57618.jpg)
[Sukkot at the Temple of Jerusalem] La grande Hosanna ou cérémonie du 8.me jours de la Feste des Tabernacles, Les Levites portant Chantans des pseaumes et des Cantiques.
à Paris chez Mondhare rue St Jacques à l'Hotel de Saumur [n.d., c.1760].
Coloured engraving. 305 x 440mm (12 x 17¼"). Laid on card.
A view of the interior of the Temple of Jerusalem during the Sukkot, with the pilgrims waving leaves from the Four Species.
[Ref: 57618] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
à Paris chez Mondhare rue St Jacques à l'Hotel de Saumur [n.d., c.1760].
Coloured engraving. 305 x 440mm (12 x 17¼"). Laid on card.
A view of the interior of the Temple of Jerusalem during the Sukkot, with the pilgrims waving leaves from the Four Species.
[Ref: 57618] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Bay of Crumaughlaun, Killarney.
Walmsley pinx.t. Hassell sculp.t.
London, Published June 24th, 1800, by James Daniell & Co. No 6 Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road. Se vend à Londres, chez les proprietairs, James Daniell, Graveur, et comp.ie.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 360 x 460mm (14¼ x 18"), withvery large margins. Tear entering image repaired on centre right.
A large, separately-issued print.
[Ref: 57782] £350.00
Walmsley pinx.t. Hassell sculp.t.
London, Published June 24th, 1800, by James Daniell & Co. No 6 Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road. Se vend à Londres, chez les proprietairs, James Daniell, Graveur, et comp.ie.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 360 x 460mm (14¼ x 18"), withvery large margins. Tear entering image repaired on centre right.
A large, separately-issued print.
[Ref: 57782] £350.00
![[The Battle of Lechfeld, 955AD] Augspurg. St. Ulrichs Schlact.](jpegs/57558.jpg)
[The Battle of Lechfeld, 955AD] Augspurg. St. Ulrichs Schlact.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare engraving. 245 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Creases.
A prospect of Augsburg with a view of the Battle of Lechfeld, August 955 AD. It shows Ulrich, Bishop of Augsburg, unarmed and wearing only a stola while mounted on a warhorse, helping defeat the Hungarian invasion.
[Ref: 57558] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Fine & rare engraving. 245 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾"). Creases.
A prospect of Augsburg with a view of the Battle of Lechfeld, August 955 AD. It shows Ulrich, Bishop of Augsburg, unarmed and wearing only a stola while mounted on a warhorse, helping defeat the Hungarian invasion.
[Ref: 57558] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Macau.] Church of S.t. Lazarus near Macoa.](jpegs/56328.jpg)
[Macau.] Church of S.t. Lazarus near Macoa.
I. Wathen del.t. I. Clark direx.t.
London, Published by Black, Parry & C.o. and Nichols & C.o. 1814.
Handcoloured aquatint. Sheet: 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, small repaired hole in image.
A view of St Lazarus Church, built between 1557 and 1560, is one of the oldest churches in Macao. From James Wathen's (1751-1828) 'Journal of a Voyage to India and China' (London, 1814, 2vols.)
[Ref: 56328] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
I. Wathen del.t. I. Clark direx.t.
London, Published by Black, Parry & C.o. and Nichols & C.o. 1814.
Handcoloured aquatint. Sheet: 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, small repaired hole in image.
A view of St Lazarus Church, built between 1557 and 1560, is one of the oldest churches in Macao. From James Wathen's (1751-1828) 'Journal of a Voyage to India and China' (London, 1814, 2vols.)
[Ref: 56328] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Mexico of Nieuw Spanje; tot het nagaan der vorderingen van Cortes. Tot Dr Robertson's Seschiedenisvan vam America. Door Thom.s Kitchin Sen.r Kaartmaaker zyner Britt. Majesteit.
A. v. Krevelt, sculps. Amsterd. 1778.
[Amsterdam, 1778.]
Engraved map with hand colouring. 290 x 400mm, very large margins. Original binding folds.
A map of the American south-west, with 'Tecas' (Texas) and New Mexico. From a Dutch edition of Dr. Robertson's 'History of America'.
[Ref: 57637] £250.00
A. v. Krevelt, sculps. Amsterd. 1778.
[Amsterdam, 1778.]
Engraved map with hand colouring. 290 x 400mm, very large margins. Original binding folds.
A map of the American south-west, with 'Tecas' (Texas) and New Mexico. From a Dutch edition of Dr. Robertson's 'History of America'.
[Ref: 57637] £250.00
Missionary Hymn. Strengthen, Lord, their hearts and hands...
[n.d., c.1865.]
Chromolithograph and letterpress within a floral-embossed gilt border. Sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2½"). Laid on album paper.
A view of a mountainous island with a junk-type boat in the sea, suggesting China.
[Ref: 57587] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1865.]
Chromolithograph and letterpress within a floral-embossed gilt border. Sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2½"). Laid on album paper.
A view of a mountainous island with a junk-type boat in the sea, suggesting China.
[Ref: 57587] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Vue du Pillage de la Cocagne, à Naples dans la Place appellée il Largo del Castello. Dessinée par Des Pres Architecte Pensionaire du Roi à l'Académie de France à Rome.
Gravé à l'eau forte par Duplessis Bertaux. Terminé au burin par Nicolet.
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾").
A scene of a carnival in Naples. The festival of the Looting of the Cuccagna (a dialect word for kitchen) took place in the Largo del Castello in Naples every Sunday during the Carnival. A cannon fired from the Castel Nuovo (seen here on the left) gave the signal for the people of Naples to storm the Cuccagna and carry away as much food as they could grab. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'.
The original black ink, wash and watercolour on paper is in Waddeston Manor, former home of the Rothschild family, now National Trust (Accession number 1034, Cat No 31). From the Airlie collection, C
[Ref: 57526] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé à l'eau forte par Duplessis Bertaux. Terminé au burin par Nicolet.
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾").
A scene of a carnival in Naples. The festival of the Looting of the Cuccagna (a dialect word for kitchen) took place in the Largo del Castello in Naples every Sunday during the Carnival. A cannon fired from the Castel Nuovo (seen here on the left) gave the signal for the people of Naples to storm the Cuccagna and carry away as much food as they could grab. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'.
The original black ink, wash and watercolour on paper is in Waddeston Manor, former home of the Rothschild family, now National Trust (Accession number 1034, Cat No 31). From the Airlie collection, C
[Ref: 57526] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Svalbard] The Three Crowns, King's Bay, Spitzbergen.](jpegs/57629.jpg)
[Svalbard] The Three Crowns, King's Bay, Spitzbergen.
Maclure & MacDonald, Lith.rs to the Queen London & Glasgow.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Lithograph. Sheet 220 x 755mm (8¾ x 29¾". Original binding folds.
A sketch of Kongsfjorden (mis-translated as King's Bay), Svalbard (Spitsbergen). The height of the peaks, including the Tre kroner, are not obvious until one spots the tiny schooner in the bay. Coal was discovered in the 1890s, and the British opened a year-round operation in Adventure Bay (Adventfjorden) in 1904; Kongsfjorden had a Norwegian mine from 1916-62. This scarce sheet is probably from a prospectus for a British company setting up operations.
[Ref: 57629] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Maclure & MacDonald, Lith.rs to the Queen London & Glasgow.
[n.d., c.1900.]
Lithograph. Sheet 220 x 755mm (8¾ x 29¾". Original binding folds.
A sketch of Kongsfjorden (mis-translated as King's Bay), Svalbard (Spitsbergen). The height of the peaks, including the Tre kroner, are not obvious until one spots the tiny schooner in the bay. Coal was discovered in the 1890s, and the British opened a year-round operation in Adventure Bay (Adventfjorden) in 1904; Kongsfjorden had a Norwegian mine from 1916-62. This scarce sheet is probably from a prospectus for a British company setting up operations.
[Ref: 57629] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Svalbard - six sketch maps and views of Adventure Bay and King's Bay] Appendix 1.](jpegs/57628.jpg)
[Svalbard - six sketch maps and views of Adventure Bay and King's Bay] Appendix 1.
[probably lithographed by Maclure and MacDonald.]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Sheet of lithographic maps and sketches. 220 x 450mm (8¾ x 17¾"). Original binding folds.
Sketch maps and views highlighting coal deposits on Svalbard (Spitsbergen). Coal was discovered in the 1890s, and the British opened a year-round operation in Adventure Bay (Adventfjorden) in 1904. This scarce sheet is probably from a prospectus for the company setting up operations.
[Ref: 57628] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[probably lithographed by Maclure and MacDonald.]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Sheet of lithographic maps and sketches. 220 x 450mm (8¾ x 17¾"). Original binding folds.
Sketch maps and views highlighting coal deposits on Svalbard (Spitsbergen). Coal was discovered in the 1890s, and the British opened a year-round operation in Adventure Bay (Adventfjorden) in 1904. This scarce sheet is probably from a prospectus for the company setting up operations.
[Ref: 57628] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A General Prospect of Palmira from the North West.
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by Thomas Bowles? after Giovanni Battista Borra.]
London, Printed fro Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1756].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼") very large margins. Tear in top margin taped. Oxidisation in middle of image.
A view of the ruins of Palmyra, after views in Robert Wood's account of his journey to Palmyra and Balbec, made in 1750-51, accompanied by James Dawkins, John Bouverie and the architect Giovanni Battista Borra, the official draughtsman.
[Ref: 57573] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Persia. The route taken by M.r E.G. Browne is indicated in Red.
W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London.
[Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1893.]
Lithographic map, printed in colours. Printed area 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾"). Repaired tear from original binding folds.
The general map from Edward Granville Browne's 'A Year Among the Persians', showing his route from Kurdinstan to Terhran, Shiraz and Kerman, and across the sea to Baku. Browne (1862-1926) was a British Iranologist who spent a year there in 1887-8. This account was very favourable towards the Persians, who reciprocated their feelings: a Tehran street named after him and a statue survived the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
[Ref: 57631] £130.00
W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London.
[Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1893.]
Lithographic map, printed in colours. Printed area 395 x 300mm (15½ x 11¾"). Repaired tear from original binding folds.
The general map from Edward Granville Browne's 'A Year Among the Persians', showing his route from Kurdinstan to Terhran, Shiraz and Kerman, and across the sea to Baku. Browne (1862-1926) was a British Iranologist who spent a year there in 1887-8. This account was very favourable towards the Persians, who reciprocated their feelings: a Tehran street named after him and a statue survived the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
[Ref: 57631] £130.00
Piazza del Duomo di Pisa.
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11").
A view of the Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'. The buildings are the Baptistery of St. John, the Cathedral, and the Campanile (the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa).
[Ref: 57615] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11").
A view of the Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'. The buildings are the Baptistery of St. John, the Cathedral, and the Campanile (the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa).
[Ref: 57615] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Duomo di Pisa.
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11").
A view of the Campo Santo (also Camposanto Monumentale, ''monumental cemetery'') in the Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57617] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11").
A view of the Campo Santo (also Camposanto Monumentale, ''monumental cemetery'') in the Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57617] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Duomo di Pisa.
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11").
A view of the Cathedral of Pisa, with the the Campanile (the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa) photobombing, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57616] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11").
A view of the Cathedral of Pisa, with the the Campanile (the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa) photobombing, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57616] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Il Battistero di Pisa.
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8").
A view of the Baptistery of St. John, Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57614] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8").
A view of the Baptistery of St. John, Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57614] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Campanile di Pisa.
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8").
A view of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57613] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Ran. Grassi dis: e. inc.
[Pisa, 1834-9.]
Engraving with fine hand colour, painted margins as issued. Sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8").
A view of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa by Ranieri Grassi (1750-1850) for his work 'Rappresentazione degli edifizi più cospicui di Pisa'.
[Ref: 57613] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Vue d'une partie de la Coste de Pausilipe, prise du dessus de la Grotte de Pouzzoles en alland au Tombeau de Vergile. Dessinée d'après Nature par Robert peintre [de Roy.]
Gravé a l'Eau-forte par Weisbrod. Terminé par le [Roy].
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾") very large margins Tear with loss in top margin. Two areas of inscription scratched out.
A view of Posillipo, a rocky outcrop on the edge of Naples. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'. In the spirit of French republicanism, any mention of the king has been erased, even the name of the engraver, Julien Le Roy.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57525] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Gravé a l'Eau-forte par Weisbrod. Terminé par le [Roy].
[Paris: Clousier, 1781-6.]
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark. 250 x 375mm (9¾ x 14¾") very large margins Tear with loss in top margin. Two areas of inscription scratched out.
A view of Posillipo, a rocky outcrop on the edge of Naples. From Jean Claude Richard Saint Non's monumental 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile'. In the spirit of French republicanism, any mention of the king has been erased, even the name of the engraver, Julien Le Roy.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57525] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Marian column in Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore] Colonna già dentro l'atico tempio della Pace di Vespasiano nel foro Boario,](jpegs/57522.jpg)
[The Marian column in Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore] Colonna già dentro l'atico tempio della Pace di Vespasiano nel foro Boario, et dalle sue rovion fatta condurre d Paolo V. su la piazza S.ta Maria Maggiore.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾").
A classical column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, in the Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The inscription states the column was originally part of the Temple of Peace built in Forum Boarum; however modern accounts describe it as the only surviving column from the nave of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1349. It was brought to its current location by Pope Paul V in 1614, where it was placed on a base created by the great Baroque architect Carlo Maderno (1556-1629) .
[Ref: 57522] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾").
A classical column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, in the Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The inscription states the column was originally part of the Temple of Peace built in Forum Boarum; however modern accounts describe it as the only surviving column from the nave of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1349. It was brought to its current location by Pope Paul V in 1614, where it was placed on a base created by the great Baroque architect Carlo Maderno (1556-1629) .
[Ref: 57522] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Baths of Diocletian] Vestigi delle Terme di Dioclitiano Imperatore, in Roma.](jpegs/57523.jpg)
[Baths of Diocletian] Vestigi delle Terme di Dioclitiano Imperatore, in Roma. 5.
Perelle fecit.
Daman excudit [n.d., c.1650].
Etching, 245 x 315mm (8½ x 12½"). Small margins. Some slight creasing and wear.
The ruins of the Baths of Diocletian, drawn by either Gabriel Perelle (1604-77) or his sons Adam and Nicolas.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57523] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Perelle fecit.
Daman excudit [n.d., c.1650].
Etching, 245 x 315mm (8½ x 12½"). Small margins. Some slight creasing and wear.
The ruins of the Baths of Diocletian, drawn by either Gabriel Perelle (1604-77) or his sons Adam and Nicolas.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57523] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![Upper Carniola [Slovenia]](jpegs/57589.jpg)
Upper Carniola [Slovenia]
L. Mansion 1831.
[London: William Spooner, 1832.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed to printed border, title separated, laid on album sheet.
A young woman in colourful native dress with a picturesque background. Regional Costume Studies from Fancy Ball Dresses, a collection of ethnic designs by Andre Leon Larue, called Mansion (1785-1834)
See: Ref: 22872, 17087
[Ref: 57589] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
L. Mansion 1831.
[London: William Spooner, 1832.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed to printed border, title separated, laid on album sheet.
A young woman in colourful native dress with a picturesque background. Regional Costume Studies from Fancy Ball Dresses, a collection of ethnic designs by Andre Leon Larue, called Mansion (1785-1834)
See: Ref: 22872, 17087
[Ref: 57589] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Ultoniae Orientalis Pars.
[engraved by Pieter van den Keere after Gerard Mercator.]
[Amsterdam: Jan Jansson van Waesberge, 1673.]
Engraved map with hand colour. 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼"), with large margins.
A map of eastern Ulster from Jan Cloppenburg's edition of the Mercator 'Atlas Minor', the largest of the pocket-size versions. First published in 1630 the plates were suppressed for many years before resurfacing for this last edition.
[Ref: 57716] £95.00
[engraved by Pieter van den Keere after Gerard Mercator.]
[Amsterdam: Jan Jansson van Waesberge, 1673.]
Engraved map with hand colour. 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼"), with large margins.
A map of eastern Ulster from Jan Cloppenburg's edition of the Mercator 'Atlas Minor', the largest of the pocket-size versions. First published in 1630 the plates were suppressed for many years before resurfacing for this last edition.
[Ref: 57716] £95.00
The City of Vienna, with a Part of its Suburbs.
Published 1st May, 1811, by Rob.t Laurie & Ja.s Whttle, 53, Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾"). A few creases. Bit messy.
A view of Vienna from an ornamental garden, with contemporary hand colour.
[Ref: 57611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Published 1st May, 1811, by Rob.t Laurie & Ja.s Whttle, 53, Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾"). A few creases. Bit messy.
A view of Vienna from an ornamental garden, with contemporary hand colour.
[Ref: 57611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)