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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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L'Agriculture. F. II.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 200 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Small margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Agriculture, with pots, topiary and tools.
[Ref: 59101] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 200 x 135mm (8 x 5¼"). Small margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Agriculture, with pots, topiary and tools.
[Ref: 59101] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[12 landscape prints most engraved by Benjamin Green after Paul Sandby, Thomas Daniell, S.H. Grimn, etc.]](jpegs/58838.jpg)
[12 landscape prints most engraved by Benjamin Green after Paul Sandby, Thomas Daniell, S.H. Grimn, etc.]
[all but one] Pub.d Aug.st 1st 1787 by C. Phillips.
Album of 12 stipples and etchings, various sizes, largest 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Three plates with heavy oxidisation of paper.
A collection of plates reissued by Charles Phillips. Scarce collection stitched as purchased in the 18th century.
[Ref: 58838] £650.00 view all images for this item
[all but one] Pub.d Aug.st 1st 1787 by C. Phillips.
Album of 12 stipples and etchings, various sizes, largest 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Three plates with heavy oxidisation of paper.
A collection of plates reissued by Charles Phillips. Scarce collection stitched as purchased in the 18th century.
[Ref: 58838] £650.00 view all images for this item
L'Anatomie. F.8.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing anatomy. A dead male body is draped across a table over a draining vat, with a saw and scalpel.
[Ref: 59094] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing anatomy. A dead male body is draped across a table over a draining vat, with a saw and scalpel.
[Ref: 59094] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L'Astrologie. S.5.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astrology, with an eagle on a plinth, globes and a telescope.
[Ref: 59100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astrology, with an eagle on a plinth, globes and a telescope.
[Ref: 59100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L'Astronomie. S.4.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astronomy, with measuring tools and a telescope.
[Ref: 59098] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astronomy, with measuring tools and a telescope.
[Ref: 59098] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Children in the Wood.
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736] £320.00
S.r Jos.ua Reynolds pinx.t. Ja.s Watson Fecit.
publish'd according to Act of parliament June 2.d 1772, by James Watson Queen Ann Street.
Rare mezzotint, rare scratched letter proof before title. 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, repaired crack in image. Crease
A scene from the folk tale better known as the 'Babes in the Wood'. The two children, taken to the woods by men paid by their uncle to kill them, die lost in the woods and are covered with leaves by robins. Behind, one of the men has killed the other.
[Ref: 58736] £320.00
La Botanique F.12.
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Botany, with tools including a spade, sickle, rake and sieve.
[Ref: 59096] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Botany, with tools including a spade, sickle, rake and sieve.
[Ref: 59096] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Chemistry] La Chimie.](jpegs/59095.jpg)
[Chemistry] La Chimie. F.9.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing chemistry, with a furnace and tools.
[Ref: 59095] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing chemistry, with a furnace and tools.
[Ref: 59095] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![Q 11. Le Théatre. [&] Q 12. La Comedy.](jpegs/58939.jpg)
Q 11. Le Théatre. [&] Q 12. La Comedy.
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760].
A pair of rare etchings, pt 18th century watermark. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½") very large margins. Mint
A pair of rococo designs, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760].
A pair of rare etchings, pt 18th century watermark. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½") very large margins. Mint
A pair of rococo designs, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
La Belle Confession.
J. Gole fe.et ex. cum Privil. Ord. Holl. et W. Frisiae.
[n.d. c.1675.]
Very scarce & fine mezzotint, plate 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate and mounted on album sheet on right. Very small stain to bottom edge, very small tear to left margin.
A monk sits on a high chair on the right, looking in a lecherous manner over his shoulder towards a well-dressed prostitute, kneeling to his left in the act of confessing her sins.
[Ref: 58935] £420.00
J. Gole fe.et ex. cum Privil. Ord. Holl. et W. Frisiae.
[n.d. c.1675.]
Very scarce & fine mezzotint, plate 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate and mounted on album sheet on right. Very small stain to bottom edge, very small tear to left margin.
A monk sits on a high chair on the right, looking in a lecherous manner over his shoulder towards a well-dressed prostitute, kneeling to his left in the act of confessing her sins.
[Ref: 58935] £420.00
![[Allegory of the Four Continents.] Minerva instructing Britannia in the Science of Geography:](jpegs/58732.jpg)
[Allegory of the Four Continents.] Minerva instructing Britannia in the Science of Geography: In the Foreground are allegorically represented the four Quarters of the World [...]
Designed by W.H. Brown. Engraved by R. Woodman.
Printed for C. Cook 1801.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
Allegorical figures of the Four Continents, with Minerva and Britannia behind in a roundel within a border featuring Neptune and the names of maritime explorers including Anson, Drake and Cook.
[Ref: 58732] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Designed by W.H. Brown. Engraved by R. Woodman.
Printed for C. Cook 1801.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 225 x 175mm (8¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate.
Allegorical figures of the Four Continents, with Minerva and Britannia behind in a roundel within a border featuring Neptune and the names of maritime explorers including Anson, Drake and Cook.
[Ref: 58732] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Four Continents.]](jpegs/58930.jpg)
[The Four Continents.] A. 1. L'Europe. [&] A 2. L'Asie. [&] A 3. L'Affrique. [&] A 4. L'Amerique.
Huquier ex.
AParis chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne [n.d., c.1760].
Rare set of four etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins. Slight staining in margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing a continent, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58930] £600.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
AParis chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne [n.d., c.1760].
Rare set of four etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins. Slight staining in margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing a continent, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58930] £600.00 view all images for this item
La Contrariete. Q.5
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. Plate 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing contrariety with a fountain, a fire, bellows, wheels and a lobster.
[Ref: 59102] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. Plate 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing contrariety with a fountain, a fire, bellows, wheels and a lobster.
[Ref: 59102] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Two death's heads with an hour glass.]](jpegs/58834.jpg)
[Two death's heads with an hour glass.]
Mortimer del.t. Sam.l Ireland fec.
[London, 1785.] But later.
Etching, 1811 watermark. 205 x 230mm (8 x 9"), with large margins.
A pair of skeletons looking at an hour glass one holds it up. The plate was etched by Samuel Ireland after John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79), a painter of fantastical subjects. Ireland (1744-1800) is best known for his topographical books, including ''A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France'' (1790), '' Picturesque Views on the River Thames'' (1792) & ''Picturesque Views on the River Medway'' (1793).
[Ref: 58834] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Mortimer del.t. Sam.l Ireland fec.
[London, 1785.] But later.
Etching, 1811 watermark. 205 x 230mm (8 x 9"), with large margins.
A pair of skeletons looking at an hour glass one holds it up. The plate was etched by Samuel Ireland after John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-79), a painter of fantastical subjects. Ireland (1744-1800) is best known for his topographical books, including ''A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France'' (1790), '' Picturesque Views on the River Thames'' (1792) & ''Picturesque Views on the River Medway'' (1793).
[Ref: 58834] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hungarian Horseman.]](jpegs/59003.jpg)
[Hungarian Horseman.]
S.D. Bella.
[n.d. c.1651.]
Etching, plate 190 x 180mm (7½ x 7") with small margins. Some horizontal creases.
A round composition of a Hungarian horseman, with a horseman behind on each side and two men on foot behind at centre. From a series of eleven etchings of cavaliers by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64), none of which carry a publication line.
De Vesme/Massar: 279.
[Ref: 59003] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
S.D. Bella.
[n.d. c.1651.]
Etching, plate 190 x 180mm (7½ x 7") with small margins. Some horizontal creases.
A round composition of a Hungarian horseman, with a horseman behind on each side and two men on foot behind at centre. From a series of eleven etchings of cavaliers by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64), none of which carry a publication line.
De Vesme/Massar: 279.
[Ref: 59003] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Four Elements.]](jpegs/58932.jpg)
[The Four Elements.] M. 5. Le Feu. [&] M 6. L'Eau. [&] M 7. L'Air. [&] M 8. La Terre.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing an element, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58932] £600.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing an element, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58932] £600.00 view all images for this item
![[The Story of Esther.]](jpegs/58989.jpg)
[The Story of Esther.] .I.
Martynus Heemskerck Inventor. PGalle Fecit.
[n.d. c.1564.]
Engraving, sheet 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired loss on corners, nick on top right corner, stain on top left corner, slightly foxed, one wormhole.
Esther, the Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus. She kneels before him as he stands before a throne and places a crown over her head. The first of a series of eight plates.
New Hollstein: 151.1.
[Ref: 58989] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Martynus Heemskerck Inventor. PGalle Fecit.
[n.d. c.1564.]
Engraving, sheet 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate. Repaired loss on corners, nick on top right corner, stain on top left corner, slightly foxed, one wormhole.
Esther, the Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus. She kneels before him as he stands before a throne and places a crown over her head. The first of a series of eight plates.
New Hollstein: 151.1.
[Ref: 58989] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L'Artifice. Q.6
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. Plate 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing fireworks, with timer, keys, measuring tools and smoking clay pots.
[Ref: 59103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. Plate 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4½"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing fireworks, with timer, keys, measuring tools and smoking clay pots.
[Ref: 59103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Herb Market. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Snyders & Long John Pinxerunt. Joseph Farrington delin.t. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1779. Published Nov.r 13th 1779 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 415 x 570mm (16¼ x 22½"), large margins. Tears repaired, one just entering incription area, some creasing.
A vegetable stall, with a woman filling a basket with produce as a boy slyly empties her purse. On display are asparagus, artichoke, cabbage, cauliflower, onions and shallots. One of several market scenes painted by Snyders, which were part of Sir Robert Walpole's celebrated collection of Old Masters at his gallery at Houghton. When much of the gallery's contents were sold by Walpole's grandson to Catherine the Great of Russia, the eminent publisher John Boydell commissioned a series of mezzotints of Houghton's key works.
[Ref: 58746] £580.00
Snyders & Long John Pinxerunt. Joseph Farrington delin.t. Rich.d Earlom Sculpsit.
John Boydell excudit 1779. Published Nov.r 13th 1779 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 415 x 570mm (16¼ x 22½"), large margins. Tears repaired, one just entering incription area, some creasing.
A vegetable stall, with a woman filling a basket with produce as a boy slyly empties her purse. On display are asparagus, artichoke, cabbage, cauliflower, onions and shallots. One of several market scenes painted by Snyders, which were part of Sir Robert Walpole's celebrated collection of Old Masters at his gallery at Houghton. When much of the gallery's contents were sold by Walpole's grandson to Catherine the Great of Russia, the eminent publisher John Boydell commissioned a series of mezzotints of Houghton's key works.
[Ref: 58746] £580.00
![[Judgement Day] I am Alpha and Omega, the begining and the ending saith the Lord [...]](jpegs/58731.jpg)
[Judgement Day] I am Alpha and Omega, the begining and the ending saith the Lord [...]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image.
A depiction of Judgement Day, with the masses being herded by a skeleton with a bow on a horse and a demon with a pitchford standing on the snout of a fire-breathing monster. Above is Christ in a cloud and an angel.
[Ref: 58731] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image.
A depiction of Judgement Day, with the masses being herded by a skeleton with a bow on a horse and a demon with a pitchford standing on the snout of a fire-breathing monster. Above is Christ in a cloud and an angel.
[Ref: 58731] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Julia.
Emma Crewe De. C. White sc.t.
London Pub. 20 Jan.y 1787. Sold at Tobe and Mrs Vivares Widow.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), large margins.
A sorceress whispers in young Julia's ear. Emma Crewe (active c.1780 - 1818) was a 'gifted amateur artist' who painted the frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin's 'The Loves of the Plants'. She also provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood's studio, used for cameos and plaques.
[Ref: 58255] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Emma Crewe De. C. White sc.t.
London Pub. 20 Jan.y 1787. Sold at Tobe and Mrs Vivares Widow.
Fine stipple, printed in colours and hand finished. 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"), large margins.
A sorceress whispers in young Julia's ear. Emma Crewe (active c.1780 - 1818) was a 'gifted amateur artist' who painted the frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin's 'The Loves of the Plants'. She also provided designs for Josiah Wedgewood's studio, used for cameos and plaques.
[Ref: 58255] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![A 11. La Vie. [&] A 12. La Mort.](jpegs/58940.jpg)
A 11. La Vie. [&] A 12. La Mort.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760].
A pair of rare etchings, pt 18th century watermark. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½") very large margins. Mint.
A pair of rococo designs representing Life and Death, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58940] £300.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760].
A pair of rare etchings, pt 18th century watermark. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½") very large margins. Mint.
A pair of rococo designs representing Life and Death, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58940] £300.00 view all images for this item
Les Mathématiques. S.3.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Mathematics, with instruments including a celestial globe.
[Ref: 59099] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Mathematics, with instruments including a celestial globe.
[Ref: 59099] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[12 Months of the Year.]](jpegs/58927.jpg)
[12 Months of the Year.] L 1 [-12].
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of twelve fine & rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). One narrow margin on each plate, otherwise large margins. Mint.
Twelve rococo designs, each with a zodiac sign. Engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58927] £1,900.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of twelve fine & rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). One narrow margin on each plate, otherwise large margins. Mint.
Twelve rococo designs, each with a zodiac sign. Engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58927] £1,900.00 view all images for this item
A Musical Party.
Mercer Del. Sears Sculp.
Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parey Burlington Arcade.
Fine & rare coloured aquatint, plate 215 x 225mm (8½ x 9), with large margins.
An interior scene. A man sat on a barrel tunes his lute. While a man and a woman sitting at a table look at presumably their sheet music.
[Ref: 58924] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mercer Del. Sears Sculp.
Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parey Burlington Arcade.
Fine & rare coloured aquatint, plate 215 x 225mm (8½ x 9), with large margins.
An interior scene. A man sat on a barrel tunes his lute. While a man and a woman sitting at a table look at presumably their sheet music.
[Ref: 58924] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Pan et Sirinx. Ovid. metam. livr. I.
N. Poussin pinxit, B. Picart sculpsit 1724.
Etching, sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed within plate, losing plate number. One repaired wormhole.
Pan chasing Syrinx on a reed-fringed river bank. Two river nymphs are visible in the foreground on the right. In continuation of the legend; she asked for their assistance and they transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of panpipes, named syrinx after her.
Andresen: 359.
[Ref: 58990] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
N. Poussin pinxit, B. Picart sculpsit 1724.
Etching, sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed within plate, losing plate number. One repaired wormhole.
Pan chasing Syrinx on a reed-fringed river bank. Two river nymphs are visible in the foreground on the right. In continuation of the legend; she asked for their assistance and they transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of panpipes, named syrinx after her.
Andresen: 359.
[Ref: 58990] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Porcelain Room] Die andere Seite des Cabinets.](jpegs/58771.jpg)
[Porcelain Room] Die andere Seite des Cabinets. Dieses Cabinet kan von lauter Spiegel um die wände herum und von Porcellan auch goldenen leisten oder allerhand färbigen [...]
P. Decker Archit inv: et del. Heinrich Jonas Ostertag Sculpsit.
Cum GratL et Priv: S.C. Maj. Jeremias Wolff excudit Aug. Vind. [Augsburg, n.d., 1711.]
Etching. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
A baroque design for a room ornament, with a fountain, mirrors and porcelain. It was published in the architect Paul Decker’s 'Fürstlicher Baumeister Oder: Architectura civilis' (The Princely Architect or: Civil Architecture), a guide to creating the perfect nobleman’s’ palace.
[Ref: 58771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
P. Decker Archit inv: et del. Heinrich Jonas Ostertag Sculpsit.
Cum GratL et Priv: S.C. Maj. Jeremias Wolff excudit Aug. Vind. [Augsburg, n.d., 1711.]
Etching. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
A baroque design for a room ornament, with a fountain, mirrors and porcelain. It was published in the architect Paul Decker’s 'Fürstlicher Baumeister Oder: Architectura civilis' (The Princely Architect or: Civil Architecture), a guide to creating the perfect nobleman’s’ palace.
[Ref: 58771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Saul. The Beauty of Israel is Slain on the High Places. How are the Mighty fallen.
J. Varley Pinx.t. J. Linnell Sculp.t.
Published by Albert Varley, 47, Edgware Road, John Varley, 3, Elkins Row, Bayswater & R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, London 1832.
Mezzotint. Sheet 455 x 580mm. Trimmed into plate, repaired tears, one affecting title and publication line.
A funeral procession, with a shrouded body being carried into a walled city, with Saul's crown preceding him. This very rare mezzotint was engraved by John Linnell after John Varley's oil of twelve years earlier, on which Linnell painting the figures. Linnell, a close friend of William Blake (as was Varley), started etching in 1813, but turned to mezzotint, with this plate being one of his first in that medium and one of the rarest.
See Ref 6295 for proof.
[Ref: 58745] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J. Varley Pinx.t. J. Linnell Sculp.t.
Published by Albert Varley, 47, Edgware Road, John Varley, 3, Elkins Row, Bayswater & R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, London 1832.
Mezzotint. Sheet 455 x 580mm. Trimmed into plate, repaired tears, one affecting title and publication line.
A funeral procession, with a shrouded body being carried into a walled city, with Saul's crown preceding him. This very rare mezzotint was engraved by John Linnell after John Varley's oil of twelve years earlier, on which Linnell painting the figures. Linnell, a close friend of William Blake (as was Varley), started etching in 1813, but turned to mezzotint, with this plate being one of his first in that medium and one of the rarest.
See Ref 6295 for proof.
[Ref: 58745] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![T'Gevoel. [Touch.]](jpegs/59001.jpg)
T'Gevoel. [Touch.] 5.
ABoth. Inven. IBoth. Fecit.
[n.d. c.1630.]
Etching, plate 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate. Repaired nicks and tears on edges, small tear going into image on left edge.
Street scene with people looking on as a quack pulls out a man's tooth, with a pilgrim standing in the foreground on the left. From a series of five scenes after Andries Both of people engaged in activities associated with the respective sense.
Hollstein: 15.III. Bartsch: V.213.15.
[Ref: 59001] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
ABoth. Inven. IBoth. Fecit.
[n.d. c.1630.]
Etching, plate 220 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to plate. Repaired nicks and tears on edges, small tear going into image on left edge.
Street scene with people looking on as a quack pulls out a man's tooth, with a pilgrim standing in the foreground on the left. From a series of five scenes after Andries Both of people engaged in activities associated with the respective sense.
Hollstein: 15.III. Bartsch: V.213.15.
[Ref: 59001] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Four Seasons.]](jpegs/58931.jpg)
[The Four Seasons.] M. 1. Le Printemps. [&] M 2. L'Eté. [&] M 3. L'Automne. [&] M 4. L'.Hiver.
Huquier ex.
AParis chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings, pt 18th century watermark. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing a season, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58931] £600.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
AParis chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings, pt 18th century watermark. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Four rococo designs, each representing a season, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58931] £600.00 view all images for this item
Aestas. Sole niter tellus, formosa messibus aestas ridet, et algentes ore petuntur acquae.
Cum privileg. Bassan pinx. IS scalp.
[n.d. c.1580.]
Engraving, watermark, sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate. Central tears on top and bottom edge going into image, stains on inscription area.
A summer landscape with a shepherd and a boy shearing lambs and a woman and three children eating in the foreground, harvest scene in the middle ground with farmers cutting wheat on the left, while others load a bull-driven cart with sheaves in the centre, and three farmers threshing the cereals next to a barn at right. A village and hills are visible in the background. This is one of ‘Four Seasons’, a series of four allegorical plates showing the seasons after Bassano, engraved by Jan Sadeler c.1580.
Hollstein: 507.
[Ref: 58985] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cum privileg. Bassan pinx. IS scalp.
[n.d. c.1580.]
Engraving, watermark, sheet 215 x 280mm (8½ x 11"). Trimmed to plate. Central tears on top and bottom edge going into image, stains on inscription area.
A summer landscape with a shepherd and a boy shearing lambs and a woman and three children eating in the foreground, harvest scene in the middle ground with farmers cutting wheat on the left, while others load a bull-driven cart with sheaves in the centre, and three farmers threshing the cereals next to a barn at right. A village and hills are visible in the background. This is one of ‘Four Seasons’, a series of four allegorical plates showing the seasons after Bassano, engraved by Jan Sadeler c.1580.
Hollstein: 507.
[Ref: 58985] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Five Senses.]](jpegs/58928.jpg)
[Five Senses.] N 1. Le Toucher. [&] N 2. L'Ouie. [&] N 3. L'Odorat. [&] N 4. Le Gout. [&] N 5. La Vüe.
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of five rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Mint.
Five rococo designs, each representing a sense, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58928] £750.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of five rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Mint.
Five rococo designs, each representing a sense, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58928] £750.00 view all images for this item
![[Seven Deadly Sins.]](jpegs/58929.jpg)
[Seven Deadly Sins.] N 6. L'Orgueil. [&] N 7. L'Avarice. [&] N 8. Luxure. [&] N 9. L'Envie. [&] N 10. Le Gormandise. [&] N 11. L'Ire. [&] N 12 la Paresse.
Huquier ex.
AParis chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of seven rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Seven rococo designs, each representing a deadly sin, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58929] £700.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
AParis chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of seven rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins.
Seven rococo designs, each representing a deadly sin, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58929] £700.00 view all images for this item
Smith Brothers Patent Jacquard Loom. Obtained The Prize Medal 1862.
[n.d. c.1862]
Steel engraving, 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). A bit of creasing and nicks to margins.
A mechanical loom weaving a floral pattern called "jacquard", necessitating a complex mechanism and repartition of the threads. On the sides of the machine are three characters, a man and two women: the man is wearing a three piece suit with a top hat, and the ladies are both wearing short-brimmed bonnets which tie under the chin. One of them, turning her back to the viewer, can be seen wearing a crinoline because of the width of her skirts, even though they are partially out of frame. Jacquard used very early form of computer.
[Ref: 58996] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1862]
Steel engraving, 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). A bit of creasing and nicks to margins.
A mechanical loom weaving a floral pattern called "jacquard", necessitating a complex mechanism and repartition of the threads. On the sides of the machine are three characters, a man and two women: the man is wearing a three piece suit with a top hat, and the ladies are both wearing short-brimmed bonnets which tie under the chin. One of them, turning her back to the viewer, can be seen wearing a crinoline because of the width of her skirts, even though they are partially out of frame. Jacquard used very early form of computer.
[Ref: 58996] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Castor et Pollux. Ces deux statues de marbre representent deux enfans Jumeaux, dont la Déesse Latonne, qui avoiteu commerce avec Jupiter, accoucha dans l'Isle de Delos, où elle ses toit refugiée pour eviter la colere de Junon, qui pour se vanger l'avoit banni de dessus la terre. Ces deux statues antiques de marbre sont placées dans la Vigne Ludovise à Rome, elles ont été copiées par un sculpteur francois, pour estre placées à Versailles. 65.
Elles sont designées et gravées par S. Thomassin graveur du Roy 1724.
Engraving, 375 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"), with small margins. Scuffed, stains and creases going into the image and inscription area.
A statue of Caster and Pollux, by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), offering a sacrifice to Persephone. The statue, based on the 1st century AD original located in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, was commissioned for the Parterre de Latone of Versailles in 1685.
[Ref: 58977] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Elles sont designées et gravées par S. Thomassin graveur du Roy 1724.
Engraving, 375 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"), with small margins. Scuffed, stains and creases going into the image and inscription area.
A statue of Caster and Pollux, by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720), offering a sacrifice to Persephone. The statue, based on the 1st century AD original located in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, was commissioned for the Parterre de Latone of Versailles in 1685.
[Ref: 58977] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Four Times of Day.]](jpegs/58933.jpg)
[The Four Times of Day.] M. 9. Le Matin. [&] M 10. Le Midi. [&] M 11. Le Soir. [&] M 12. La Nuit.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins. Mint.
Four rococo designs, each representing times of day, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58933] £600.00 view all images for this item
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Set of four rare etchings. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins. Mint.
Four rococo designs, each representing times of day, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 58933] £600.00 view all images for this item