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Alto-relievo by Niccola Pisano, over the door of the Cathedral Church at Lucca.
Wy.O. [monogram of William Young Ottley] del.t. Ja.s Godby Sc.t.
Pub.d March 16th 1809 by W.Y Ottley. London.
Stipple, half circle. Image area (at most) 150 x 265mm (6 x 10½), set in letterpress.
A relief of Christ being taken down from the Cross, a chapter heading for William Young Ottley's 'The Italian School of Design: Being a Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptors of Italy'.
[Ref: 59177] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Wy.O. [monogram of William Young Ottley] del.t. Ja.s Godby Sc.t.
Pub.d March 16th 1809 by W.Y Ottley. London.
Stipple, half circle. Image area (at most) 150 x 265mm (6 x 10½), set in letterpress.
A relief of Christ being taken down from the Cross, a chapter heading for William Young Ottley's 'The Italian School of Design: Being a Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by the Most Eminent Painters and Sculptors of Italy'.
[Ref: 59177] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Letters from Mrs. Delany (Widow of Doctor Patrick Delany,) To Mrs. Francis Hamilton, from the Year 1779, to the Year 1788; comprising Many Unpublished and Interesting Anecdote of their Late Majesties and the Royal Familiy. Third Edition.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row. 1821.
Small 4to, original paper backed boards; pp. xiii + 106, with aquatint frontis. portrait of the author and plate of facsimile mss. With bookplate of Louise Marie Van der Weyer. Binding distressed, offset from plate affecting title and text pages.
The letters of Mary Delany (1700-88), an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her ''paper-mosaicks'', botanic drawing and her lively correspondence. Her second marriage was to Dr Patrick Delany (1686-1768), an Irish clergyman. After his death Mary spent much time at Bulstrode, the home of her close friend, Margaret Bentinck, Dowager Duchess of Portland, where she met botanist Joseph Banks and the Royal family. Louise Marie Van der Weyer (1851-96), was the daughter of Sylvain van de Weyer (1802-74), a Belgian ambassador at the Court of St James's and later Belgium's 8th Prime Minister. She was a friend of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria: James Valentine photographed the pair c.1870.
[Ref: 59282] £230.00
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row. 1821.
Small 4to, original paper backed boards; pp. xiii + 106, with aquatint frontis. portrait of the author and plate of facsimile mss. With bookplate of Louise Marie Van der Weyer. Binding distressed, offset from plate affecting title and text pages.
The letters of Mary Delany (1700-88), an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her ''paper-mosaicks'', botanic drawing and her lively correspondence. Her second marriage was to Dr Patrick Delany (1686-1768), an Irish clergyman. After his death Mary spent much time at Bulstrode, the home of her close friend, Margaret Bentinck, Dowager Duchess of Portland, where she met botanist Joseph Banks and the Royal family. Louise Marie Van der Weyer (1851-96), was the daughter of Sylvain van de Weyer (1802-74), a Belgian ambassador at the Court of St James's and later Belgium's 8th Prime Minister. She was a friend of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria: James Valentine photographed the pair c.1870.
[Ref: 59282] £230.00
Explanation of the North Coast of Spitzbergen, exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square.
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1819.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 265 x 450mm (10½ x 17¾"). Tears, repairs to folds, spotting.
A keyplate from the brochure for a panorama exhibited 1819-20 in Barkers's Panorama in Leicester Square, painted by Henry Aston Barker after drawings by Lieutenant Frederick William Beechey. It was the first panoramic image of the Arctic. Beechey (1796-1856, son of painter Sir William Beechey, later Rear Admiral and President of the Royal Society), was part of John Franklin and David Buchan's 1818 expedition to Spitzbergen (Svalbad). This scene shows the Dorothea and Trent at anchor, with the crew making repairs to storm damage. In the foreground of the lower half are Franklin and Buchan.
See: Ref: 56281, 58762 & 53539
[Ref: 59116] £380.00
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1819.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 265 x 450mm (10½ x 17¾"). Tears, repairs to folds, spotting.
A keyplate from the brochure for a panorama exhibited 1819-20 in Barkers's Panorama in Leicester Square, painted by Henry Aston Barker after drawings by Lieutenant Frederick William Beechey. It was the first panoramic image of the Arctic. Beechey (1796-1856, son of painter Sir William Beechey, later Rear Admiral and President of the Royal Society), was part of John Franklin and David Buchan's 1818 expedition to Spitzbergen (Svalbad). This scene shows the Dorothea and Trent at anchor, with the crew making repairs to storm damage. In the foreground of the lower half are Franklin and Buchan.
See: Ref: 56281, 58762 & 53539
[Ref: 59116] £380.00