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![Habitation des Negres. [&] Mariage des Negres.](jpegs/23170.jpg)
Habitation des Negres. [&] Mariage des Negres.
Freret pinxt. Colibert sculpt. 1795.
A Paris chez Depeuille, Md. dEstamps rue des Mathurins, aux deux Pilastres d'Or.
Rare pair of etchings with some stippling, each image approx. 340 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"). Trimmed to plates.
Two large prints from a series of four illustrating the (perceived) customs of black Africans, by Nicholas Colibert after Louis Freret. The scenes show families together in everyday life and dancing in celebration with a poem under the title of each.
Paris:Musee de Quai Branly, John Carter Brown Library. See Ref: 35603
[Ref: 23170] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
Freret pinxt. Colibert sculpt. 1795.
A Paris chez Depeuille, Md. dEstamps rue des Mathurins, aux deux Pilastres d'Or.
Rare pair of etchings with some stippling, each image approx. 340 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾"). Trimmed to plates.
Two large prints from a series of four illustrating the (perceived) customs of black Africans, by Nicholas Colibert after Louis Freret. The scenes show families together in everyday life and dancing in celebration with a poem under the title of each.
Paris:Musee de Quai Branly, John Carter Brown Library. See Ref: 35603
[Ref: 23170] £2,500.00 view all images for this item
The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution.
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00
![[Arch of Augustus, Aosta] Veduta dell'Arco fabbricato in orore d'Augusto vicino all Città di Aosta in Piemonte, anticamente Augusta Prætoria Salassorum. [...]](jpegs/59164.jpg)
[Arch of Augustus, Aosta] Veduta dell'Arco fabbricato in orore d'Augusto vicino all Città di Aosta in Piemonte, anticamente Augusta Prætoria Salassorum. [...]
Cav. Piranesi inc.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Etching. 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½") large margins. Crease top right.
A view of a triumphal arch built in 25BC. The wooden crucifix below the vault was placed there in 1449 as a votive offering against the flooding of the river Buthier. From the Giovanni Battista Piranesi's famous 'Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans', first published 1748.
[Ref: 59164] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Cav. Piranesi inc.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Etching. 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½") large margins. Crease top right.
A view of a triumphal arch built in 25BC. The wooden crucifix below the vault was placed there in 1449 as a votive offering against the flooding of the river Buthier. From the Giovanni Battista Piranesi's famous 'Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans', first published 1748.
[Ref: 59164] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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![[Arctic.] Polar Regions.](jpegs/59113.jpg)
[Arctic.] Polar Regions.
Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
Published by A. Constable & C.o Edin.r 1822.
Engraved map. Sheet 415 x 390mm (16¼ x 15¼"). paper watermarked 'A. Cowan 1820'. Trimmed within plate, small repaired tear, stains and offset, original binding folds.
A map of the Arctic Circle from Lizars' 'Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas'. In North America the mouths of the Coppermine and McKenzie rivers are shown before the results of John Frankin's expeditions of 1819-22 & 1823.
[Ref: 59113] £190.00
Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
Published by A. Constable & C.o Edin.r 1822.
Engraved map. Sheet 415 x 390mm (16¼ x 15¼"). paper watermarked 'A. Cowan 1820'. Trimmed within plate, small repaired tear, stains and offset, original binding folds.
A map of the Arctic Circle from Lizars' 'Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas'. In North America the mouths of the Coppermine and McKenzie rivers are shown before the results of John Frankin's expeditions of 1819-22 & 1823.
[Ref: 59113] £190.00
![[Encamping for the Night.]](jpegs/59118.jpg)
[Encamping for the Night.]
[Lithographed by Joseph Needham after Walter William May.]
[London: Day & Son, 1855.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 175 x 285mm (7 x 11¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on card,
A sledge party set up camp in a snow-covered, barren wasteland, from Walter William May's 'Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin'. Sir Edward Belcher led five ships to the Arctic in the largest and last naval search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of the 'Erebus' and 'Terror', missing from an earlier expedition seeking the Northwest Passage. Four out of the five vessels were abandoned in pack ice, for which Belcher was court-martialled, but acquitted. Although they were unable to find Franklin they rescued the crew of HMS Investigator, which had become stuck during an earlier rescue expedition under the command of Robert McClure.
Abbey 646.
[Ref: 59118] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Lithographed by Joseph Needham after Walter William May.]
[London: Day & Son, 1855.]
Lithograph with original hand colour. Sheet 175 x 285mm (7 x 11¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on card,
A sledge party set up camp in a snow-covered, barren wasteland, from Walter William May's 'Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin'. Sir Edward Belcher led five ships to the Arctic in the largest and last naval search for Sir John Franklin and the crews of the 'Erebus' and 'Terror', missing from an earlier expedition seeking the Northwest Passage. Four out of the five vessels were abandoned in pack ice, for which Belcher was court-martialled, but acquitted. Although they were unable to find Franklin they rescued the crew of HMS Investigator, which had become stuck during an earlier rescue expedition under the command of Robert McClure.
Abbey 646.
[Ref: 59118] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de l'isle Barbe à une lieue de Lyon.
Grobon del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The Roman church of Notre-Dame on Île Barbe, on the Saone near Lyon. Drawn and etched by Jean Michel Grobon (1770-1853). According to the BM 'all his prints bar one precede 1800'.
[Ref: 59405] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Grobon del et sculp.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 205 x 310mm (8 x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
The Roman church of Notre-Dame on Île Barbe, on the Saone near Lyon. Drawn and etched by Jean Michel Grobon (1770-1853). According to the BM 'all his prints bar one precede 1800'.
[Ref: 59405] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Departure.
Painted by Rob.t Smirke. Aquatinta by F. Jukes. Engraved by Rob.t Pollard.
London, Pub.d March 8 1784 by R. Pollard No 15 Braynes Row, Spa Fields, & R. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill.
Scarce aquatint with etching. Sheet 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tears, surface cracking, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
A scene on a snowy shoreline, with a longboat about to leave to find help, leaving other survivors of a shipwreck behind. It illustrates the aftermath of a shipwreck on Cape Breton in 1780, as recorded by Samuel Weller Prenties, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants). He had been sent on a voyage between Quebec and New York, taking dispatches from Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, and Sir Henry Clinton, Commander-in-Chief in North America during the American Revolution. Castaway on a remote coast of Cape Breton, the decision was made for Prenties and five sailors to go for help. After exhausting their supplies and being on the point of death, they were saved by tribesmen who they sent to look for their colleagues. Three of the nine left behind had survived, having resorted to cannibalism. Eventually the survivors reached Halifax and headed for home.
[Ref: 59115] £390.00
Painted by Rob.t Smirke. Aquatinta by F. Jukes. Engraved by Rob.t Pollard.
London, Pub.d March 8 1784 by R. Pollard No 15 Braynes Row, Spa Fields, & R. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill.
Scarce aquatint with etching. Sheet 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tears, surface cracking, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
A scene on a snowy shoreline, with a longboat about to leave to find help, leaving other survivors of a shipwreck behind. It illustrates the aftermath of a shipwreck on Cape Breton in 1780, as recorded by Samuel Weller Prenties, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants). He had been sent on a voyage between Quebec and New York, taking dispatches from Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, and Sir Henry Clinton, Commander-in-Chief in North America during the American Revolution. Castaway on a remote coast of Cape Breton, the decision was made for Prenties and five sailors to go for help. After exhausting their supplies and being on the point of death, they were saved by tribesmen who they sent to look for their colleagues. Three of the nine left behind had survived, having resorted to cannibalism. Eventually the survivors reached Halifax and headed for home.
[Ref: 59115] £390.00
![[Caspian Gates] Derbent een sterke Stad, eeryds Alexandria, om dat dees Stad door Alexander de Groote [...] [parallel text in Latin]](jpegs/59276.jpg)
[Caspian Gates] Derbent een sterke Stad, eeryds Alexandria, om dat dees Stad door Alexander de Groote [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Pet:Schenk Exc: Amst: cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
A view of the Caspian Sea, with the Caspian Gates in the background. Also known as the Gates of Alexander, they were a mythical barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north from invading the land to the south. They are usually identified with the Fortifications of Derbent, Russia.
[Ref: 59276] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Pet:Schenk Exc: Amst: cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
A view of the Caspian Sea, with the Caspian Gates in the background. Also known as the Gates of Alexander, they were a mythical barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north from invading the land to the south. They are usually identified with the Fortifications of Derbent, Russia.
[Ref: 59276] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[March of the Catholic League] Procession de la Fameuse Ligue Contre Henri IV, en 1593.](jpegs/59370.jpg)
[March of the Catholic League] Procession de la Fameuse Ligue Contre Henri IV, en 1593.
[after François Bunel.]
[n.d., c 1800.]
Scarce etching with engraving. 360 x 490mm (14¼ x 19¼"). Narrow margins.
The French Catholic League marching around Notre Dame in Paris, protesting against the Calvinist Henri IV (Henri of Navarre) during the Wars of Religion (1562-98). Eventually Henri converted to Catholicism and was accepted as the rightful king of France. A reversed copy of an engraving by Pieter van den Keere, published by Cornelis Danckerts c.1625, after François Bunel le Jeune (1522-99), a painter in the service of Henri IV.
[Ref: 59370] £480.00
[after François Bunel.]
[n.d., c 1800.]
Scarce etching with engraving. 360 x 490mm (14¼ x 19¼"). Narrow margins.
The French Catholic League marching around Notre Dame in Paris, protesting against the Calvinist Henri IV (Henri of Navarre) during the Wars of Religion (1562-98). Eventually Henri converted to Catholicism and was accepted as the rightful king of France. A reversed copy of an engraving by Pieter van den Keere, published by Cornelis Danckerts c.1625, after François Bunel le Jeune (1522-99), a painter in the service of Henri IV.
[Ref: 59370] £480.00
![[Columbia] Plan of the Harbour of Carthagena.](jpegs/59319.jpg)
[Columbia] Plan of the Harbour of Carthagena.
T. Jefferys sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraved map. 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½"), large margins. Slight mount burn.
A plan of Cartagena, the important Spanish port colony in Colombia, a frequent target of British attacks, particularly that of Admiral Vernon in 1741. This uncommon map was published in 'General Topography of North America and the West Indies' by Thomas Jefferys (c.1719-71).
[Ref: 59319] £350.00
T. Jefferys sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraved map. 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½"), large margins. Slight mount burn.
A plan of Cartagena, the important Spanish port colony in Colombia, a frequent target of British attacks, particularly that of Admiral Vernon in 1741. This uncommon map was published in 'General Topography of North America and the West Indies' by Thomas Jefferys (c.1719-71).
[Ref: 59319] £350.00
Portraits of the Different Tribes of Russian Cossacks, in Marching Order.
Drawn from the Life by Hess. Engraved by Clark & Dubourg.
Published & Sold July 1st 1813, by Edw. Orme, Engraver, [Printseller] & Publisher, Bond St. (Corner of Brook St.) London.
Very fine aquatint with hand colour. 300 x 455mm (11¾ x 18"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810. Crease.
A party of Ural Cossacks with their Ataman David Martemianovich Borodin (1760-1860) during the Austro-Russian Italian and Swiss Campaign in 1799, led by the Russian Marshal Alexander Suvorov. The original painting by Carl Adolph Heinrich Hess (1769-1849) was sold by Christies in 2003, with the identification of Borodin from Nicholas Touroverov's 'Cossacks in Works by Foreign Artists', 1939.
Not in Abbey. See Christie's Live Auction 1286, Lot 87 for the painting.
[Ref: 59133] £580.00
Drawn from the Life by Hess. Engraved by Clark & Dubourg.
Published & Sold July 1st 1813, by Edw. Orme, Engraver, [Printseller] & Publisher, Bond St. (Corner of Brook St.) London.
Very fine aquatint with hand colour. 300 x 455mm (11¾ x 18"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810. Crease.
A party of Ural Cossacks with their Ataman David Martemianovich Borodin (1760-1860) during the Austro-Russian Italian and Swiss Campaign in 1799, led by the Russian Marshal Alexander Suvorov. The original painting by Carl Adolph Heinrich Hess (1769-1849) was sold by Christies in 2003, with the identification of Borodin from Nicholas Touroverov's 'Cossacks in Works by Foreign Artists', 1939.
Not in Abbey. See Christie's Live Auction 1286, Lot 87 for the painting.
[Ref: 59133] £580.00
Serment du Jeu de Paume a Versailles le 19 Juin 1789.
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. Plate: 470 x 360mm (18½ x 14"). Staining, foxing and tears in margins.
A real tennis scene showing the meeting of the third estate who following their being barred from a meeting by the King pledge an oath not to leave the meeting until a new constitution was established. Having not been allowed into the meeting the assembly met in the royal tennis court at Versailles. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 42760] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par C. Monnet. Grave par Helman.
A Paris chez Decrouan Editeur, Rue de Rempart, 4, vis-a-vis le Theatre Francais [n.d., c.1850].
Engraving. Plate: 470 x 360mm (18½ x 14"). Staining, foxing and tears in margins.
A real tennis scene showing the meeting of the third estate who following their being barred from a meeting by the King pledge an oath not to leave the meeting until a new constitution was established. Having not been allowed into the meeting the assembly met in the royal tennis court at Versailles. A nineteenth century impression of the plate first published by Nicolas Ponce in 1792.
[Ref: 42760] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Insulæ Divi Martini et Uliarus Vulgo L'Isle de Ré et Oleron.
[Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, c.1650, French text edition.]
Engraved map with original hand colour. 395 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), large margins.
A sea chart of Ile de Ré and Oleron, orientated with north to the left, decorated with coloured cartouches for the title and scale. The adjacent coastline is also shown, with La Rochelle.
[Ref: 45599] £350.00
[Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, c.1650, French text edition.]
Engraved map with original hand colour. 395 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), large margins.
A sea chart of Ile de Ré and Oleron, orientated with north to the left, decorated with coloured cartouches for the title and scale. The adjacent coastline is also shown, with La Rochelle.
[Ref: 45599] £350.00
The Narta, or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka. [NB not mentioned in Cooks last Voyage.]
J. Webber fecit.
[London Pub.d July 1, 1789 by J. Webber No. 312 Oxford Street.]
Coloured soft ground etching, printed in sepia and hand finished. Sheet 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¼") on paper watermarked 'J Whatman, undated. Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, close to image at top; unprinted area in bottom left corner patched. Repairs.
A scene with a man on skis beside a dog sledge, huts and a smoking volcano in the background. It was one of twelve plates in his 'Views in the South Seas', drawn, etched and originally published separately 1788-92 by John Webber, draughtsman on Cook's Third Voyage. Boydell reissued the Views (with four new plates) with plates dated 1809, but Abbey's example has Whatman watermarks dated 1820. We have traced an example of this plate with the Webber publication line also watermarked 'J Whatman', undated.
Abbey 595 for Boydell edition. See Ref: 31816
[Ref: 59114] £650.00
J. Webber fecit.
[London Pub.d July 1, 1789 by J. Webber No. 312 Oxford Street.]
Coloured soft ground etching, printed in sepia and hand finished. Sheet 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¼") on paper watermarked 'J Whatman, undated. Trimmed within plate, losing publication line at bottom, close to image at top; unprinted area in bottom left corner patched. Repairs.
A scene with a man on skis beside a dog sledge, huts and a smoking volcano in the background. It was one of twelve plates in his 'Views in the South Seas', drawn, etched and originally published separately 1788-92 by John Webber, draughtsman on Cook's Third Voyage. Boydell reissued the Views (with four new plates) with plates dated 1809, but Abbey's example has Whatman watermarks dated 1820. We have traced an example of this plate with the Webber publication line also watermarked 'J Whatman', undated.
Abbey 595 for Boydell edition. See Ref: 31816
[Ref: 59114] £650.00
![[Bombardement de Lille, Par les Austriens, au Mois de Septemb. 1792.]](jpegs/59323.jpg)
[Bombardement de Lille, Par les Austriens, au Mois de Septemb. 1792.]
Peint par Watteau Pere à Lille. Gravé par Masquelier le J.ne à Paris.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching. proof before title. 505 x 675mm (20 x 26½"), with large margins. Repairs at original centre fold.
A large scene of the Austrian army bombarding Lille in 1792, defended by a Republican garrison during the War of the First Coalition. The figure mounted on a whte horse in the foreground is probably Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), the Habsburg commander. After firing 60,000 shots into the city, the Austrians eventually withdrew to avoid being encircled by a French relief army.
[Ref: 59323] £420.00
Peint par Watteau Pere à Lille. Gravé par Masquelier le J.ne à Paris.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Etching. proof before title. 505 x 675mm (20 x 26½"), with large margins. Repairs at original centre fold.
A large scene of the Austrian army bombarding Lille in 1792, defended by a Republican garrison during the War of the First Coalition. The figure mounted on a whte horse in the foreground is probably Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822), the Habsburg commander. After firing 60,000 shots into the city, the Austrians eventually withdrew to avoid being encircled by a French relief army.
[Ref: 59323] £420.00
![[Zonneberg caves.] S.t Pieters Bergh bÿ Mastricht, soo als hem die onder de Aerde vertoont.](jpegs/59402.jpg)
[Zonneberg caves.] S.t Pieters Bergh bÿ Mastricht, soo als hem die onder de Aerde vertoont.
Jan Luyken invenit et fecit.
[n.d., 1682.]
Rare etching. Sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Small wormhole bottom centre.
A view of the Zonneberg caves, limestone quarries under Sint Pietersberg near Maastricht. Many men are working.
[Ref: 59402] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Jan Luyken invenit et fecit.
[n.d., 1682.]
Rare etching. Sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Small wormhole bottom centre.
A view of the Zonneberg caves, limestone quarries under Sint Pietersberg near Maastricht. Many men are working.
[Ref: 59402] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![Arrivée des Européens en Afrique [&] [Habitation des Nègres] [&] Le Mariage des Nègres](jpegs/35603.jpg)
Arrivée des Européens en Afrique [&] [Habitation des Nègres] [&] Le Mariage des Nègres [verses below title in 'Arivée' and 'Le Mariage'
Freret pinx.t. Colibert sculpt 1795
A Paris, chez Depeuille, Md d'Estampes rue des Mathurins, aux deux Pilatres d'Or
Three engravings, rare; each approx 430 x 525mm (17 x 20½"). Trimmed close to/on platemark in places; staining to 'Le Mariage'; 'Habitation' is proof before title, with title added in pencil. One glued to mount.
Three from a set of four prints on African life after Pierre Fréret of Cherbourg (1714-), part of a family of artists. The prints have been exhibited before under the title 'Le Mythe du Bon Noir' ('The Story of the Benevolent Black') although it is not known if this was the original title of the set. The missing print is the final plate, 'Le Culte des Nègres'.
See Cybèle T. Gontar, 'A Fashion for Abolition: Frédéric Etienne Joseph Feldtrappe's Traite des Nègres (ca. 1825)'. See Ref: 23170
[Ref: 35603] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
Freret pinx.t. Colibert sculpt 1795
A Paris, chez Depeuille, Md d'Estampes rue des Mathurins, aux deux Pilatres d'Or
Three engravings, rare; each approx 430 x 525mm (17 x 20½"). Trimmed close to/on platemark in places; staining to 'Le Mariage'; 'Habitation' is proof before title, with title added in pencil. One glued to mount.
Three from a set of four prints on African life after Pierre Fréret of Cherbourg (1714-), part of a family of artists. The prints have been exhibited before under the title 'Le Mythe du Bon Noir' ('The Story of the Benevolent Black') although it is not known if this was the original title of the set. The missing print is the final plate, 'Le Culte des Nègres'.
See Cybèle T. Gontar, 'A Fashion for Abolition: Frédéric Etienne Joseph Feldtrappe's Traite des Nègres (ca. 1825)'. See Ref: 23170
[Ref: 35603] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[Four views of Amsterdam.] 1. Stadt-Huys, Waegh en Marckt van Amsteldam, anders genaemt den Dam.](jpegs/59376.jpg)
[Four views of Amsterdam.] 1. Stadt-Huys, Waegh en Marckt van Amsteldam, anders genaemt den Dam. [&] 2. De Oude Kerck, begonnen ontrent den jaere 1370, is met een Tooren verciert en op gebouwt A.o 1566. [&] 3. De Beurse der Stadt Amsteldam is begonnen inden jaere 1608, ende volbouwt Anno 1611. [&] 4. De Nieuwe Kerck is begonnen A.o 1414 volbouwt en toegewyt de Maget Maria en S.t Catharina A.o 1470.
P.H. Schut fecit.
N. Visscher excudit [n.d., 1665].
Set of four numbered engravings, 17th century watermark. Each c. 250 x 295mm 9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed to plate.
Four rare views of the heart of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century .
[Ref: 59376] £780.00 view all images for this item
P.H. Schut fecit.
N. Visscher excudit [n.d., 1665].
Set of four numbered engravings, 17th century watermark. Each c. 250 x 295mm 9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed to plate.
Four rare views of the heart of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century .
[Ref: 59376] £780.00 view all images for this item
![[Slot Purmerstein] t' Slot te Purmerendt, in Noort Hollandt.](jpegs/59374.jpg)
[Slot Purmerstein] t' Slot te Purmerendt, in Noort Hollandt.
CJVisscher Fecit et excu:
[n.d., c.1617.]
Etching. Sheet 130 x 200mm (5 x 8").
Slot Purmerstein, a fortified hosue built by Willem Eggert between 1410-13, demolished 1741.
[Ref: 59374] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
CJVisscher Fecit et excu:
[n.d., c.1617.]
Etching. Sheet 130 x 200mm (5 x 8").
Slot Purmerstein, a fortified hosue built by Willem Eggert between 1410-13, demolished 1741.
[Ref: 59374] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Eisbarenjagd. White Bear-Hunting. Chasse aux Ours Blancs. 11094.
Th. Breidwiser.
Printed in Germany [n.d., c.1900].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾").
Crewmen in two ship's boats shoot at polar bears. Theodor Breitwieser (1847-1930), Austrian painter whose patrons included Kaiser Franz Joseph I.
[Ref: 59117] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Th. Breidwiser.
Printed in Germany [n.d., c.1900].
Chromolithograph. Sheet 330 x 425mm (13 x 16¾").
Crewmen in two ship's boats shoot at polar bears. Theodor Breitwieser (1847-1930), Austrian painter whose patrons included Kaiser Franz Joseph I.
[Ref: 59117] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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
Prospect of Tangier from S. West.
W Hollar delineavit et sculp:
[Published by John Overton, 1673.]
Fine etching. 160 x 455mm (6¼ x 18"), with LVG 17th century watermark. Pinhole in image, vertical centre fold, creasing top right corner. Bit messy right margin.
A view of Tangier, with an 18-point key, one of the largest of a series of views by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77) showing the city when it was an English possession (1671-84). The watermark is that of Lubertus van Gerrevink, a paper mill in Egmond a/d Hoef, a major Dutch paper manufacturer in the C18th. Tangier came into English possession as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married Charles II in 1662, although attempts to develop it strategically and commercially were unsuccessful. In 1688 Hollar, in his capacity of 'Scenographus Regus', went there as part of a mission sent to deal with problems with hostile natives. Hollar made many sketches of the city (some now in the British Museum), depicting the fortifications that were demolished in 1684 when the English abandoned Tangier.
Pennington 1199, only state.
[Ref: 59120] £550.00
W Hollar delineavit et sculp:
[Published by John Overton, 1673.]
Fine etching. 160 x 455mm (6¼ x 18"), with LVG 17th century watermark. Pinhole in image, vertical centre fold, creasing top right corner. Bit messy right margin.
A view of Tangier, with an 18-point key, one of the largest of a series of views by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77) showing the city when it was an English possession (1671-84). The watermark is that of Lubertus van Gerrevink, a paper mill in Egmond a/d Hoef, a major Dutch paper manufacturer in the C18th. Tangier came into English possession as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married Charles II in 1662, although attempts to develop it strategically and commercially were unsuccessful. In 1688 Hollar, in his capacity of 'Scenographus Regus', went there as part of a mission sent to deal with problems with hostile natives. Hollar made many sketches of the city (some now in the British Museum), depicting the fortifications that were demolished in 1684 when the English abandoned Tangier.
Pennington 1199, only state.
[Ref: 59120] £550.00
Plan du Labirinthe de Versailles.
A Liede, Chez Pierre Vander Aa, Marchand Libraire [n.d., 1728].
Engraved map with separately-engraved printed border. Total 220 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"), with large margins. Split in inner plate mark, damp stain in margin.
A plan of the hedge maze grown in the Gardens of Versailles, laid out 1672-7. The thirty-nine fountains, each representing one of the fables of Aesop, are numbered, unfortunately without a key. From Pieter van der Aa's monumental 66-volume 'Galerie Agréable du Monde', noted for the additional frame-like borders around each plate. It is said only one hundred copies were printed.
See Ref: 26900
[Ref: 59196] £180.00
A Liede, Chez Pierre Vander Aa, Marchand Libraire [n.d., 1728].
Engraved map with separately-engraved printed border. Total 220 x 330mm (8¾ x 13"), with large margins. Split in inner plate mark, damp stain in margin.
A plan of the hedge maze grown in the Gardens of Versailles, laid out 1672-7. The thirty-nine fountains, each representing one of the fables of Aesop, are numbered, unfortunately without a key. From Pieter van der Aa's monumental 66-volume 'Galerie Agréable du Monde', noted for the additional frame-like borders around each plate. It is said only one hundred copies were printed.
See Ref: 26900
[Ref: 59196] £180.00
Sporting Club de Vichy. Pavillion du Golf.
[A. Rolland] 1927.
Rare etching, limited edition 1/250, Rolland signature in pencil. 245 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), with large margins. Margins dusty.
A golf club house with a distinctive obervation tower. Golfers on left bottom. Le Golf de Vichy was founded in May 1908. Although the clubhouse still exists the tower has been removed.
[Ref: 59223] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[A. Rolland] 1927.
Rare etching, limited edition 1/250, Rolland signature in pencil. 245 x 300mm (9¾ x 11¾"), with large margins. Margins dusty.
A golf club house with a distinctive obervation tower. Golfers on left bottom. Le Golf de Vichy was founded in May 1908. Although the clubhouse still exists the tower has been removed.
[Ref: 59223] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vienna] Vûe de la Ville de Vienne du Coté du palais impérial.](jpegs/59232.jpg)
[Vienna] Vûe de la Ville de Vienne du Coté du palais impérial.
[Engraved by Lopold Beyer after Jakob Alt.]
Proprieté des Editeurs [Vienna: Artaria & Comp., c.1815].
Fine coloured etching with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 730mm (18¼ x 28¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1813'. Repaired tears bottom right.
A large and scarce prospect of Vienna with the city walls and the Imperial Palace.
[Ref: 59232] £650.00
[Engraved by Lopold Beyer after Jakob Alt.]
Proprieté des Editeurs [Vienna: Artaria & Comp., c.1815].
Fine coloured etching with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 730mm (18¼ x 28¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1813'. Repaired tears bottom right.
A large and scarce prospect of Vienna with the city walls and the Imperial Palace.
[Ref: 59232] £650.00