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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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![[Scrapbook relating to Bridgnorth, with election broadsides, theatre bills, newspaper clippings and letters.]](jpegs/60831.jpg)
[Scrapbook relating to Bridgnorth, with election broadsides, theatre bills, newspaper clippings and letters.]
[Compiled 1824-56.]
Unique scrapbook, large folio, half morocco gilt; with c.50 broadsides, many loose. Binding worn.
The broadsides relate to elections from 1832-58. Satire and results of polls, some handwritten are included. Letters etc, over 80 items in total.
[Ref: 60831] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[Compiled 1824-56.]
Unique scrapbook, large folio, half morocco gilt; with c.50 broadsides, many loose. Binding worn.
The broadsides relate to elections from 1832-58. Satire and results of polls, some handwritten are included. Letters etc, over 80 items in total.
[Ref: 60831] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[A collection of engraving pulls for decorating underglaze blue transferware.]](jpegs/60835.jpg)
[A collection of engraving pulls for decorating underglaze blue transferware.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
38 ceramic designs, including Chinese designs for plates, on tissue paper. Various sizes, largest 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). With a collection of 1970s correspondence regarding the collection. Trimmed, some damage, tape stains.
A collection of trial engravings that form an extensive record of the designs of 19th century English blue transferware, from factories including Spode, Minton, J. & R. Clews, Heraculaneum Pottery of Liverpool, Dillwyn & Co. of Swansea, Thomas Mayer of Stoke, J. & W. Ridgeway, Deakin & Bailey, c.1828-30, and Copeland. The collection has been traced back to an auction of the effects of Mary Frances Jones, 1967.
[Ref: 60835] £850.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1830.]
38 ceramic designs, including Chinese designs for plates, on tissue paper. Various sizes, largest 230 x 310mm (9 x 12¼"). With a collection of 1970s correspondence regarding the collection. Trimmed, some damage, tape stains.
A collection of trial engravings that form an extensive record of the designs of 19th century English blue transferware, from factories including Spode, Minton, J. & R. Clews, Heraculaneum Pottery of Liverpool, Dillwyn & Co. of Swansea, Thomas Mayer of Stoke, J. & W. Ridgeway, Deakin & Bailey, c.1828-30, and Copeland. The collection has been traced back to an auction of the effects of Mary Frances Jones, 1967.
[Ref: 60835] £850.00 view all images for this item
The Flying Dutchman. Composed by John Parry. The Poetry by Richard Ryan.
Designed by John Parry. Lith. by J. Brandard. M. & N. Hanhart, Lith. Printers, 64 Charlotte St. Rathbone Sq.
London; D'Almaine & C.o Royal Piano Forte Saloon, 20, Soho Square.
Folio (360 x 270mm, 14¼ x 10¾"), lithographic cover & 7pp. engraved music sheets, letterpress ads on back cover. Disbound, wear and ink ownership inscription on cover. Bit tatty.
The cover depicts a ship in rough seas threatened by a ghostly pirate ship. The librettist, Richard Ryan (1797-1849), also produced the first Irish biographical dictionary, 'Biographia Hibernica, a Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland, from the earliest periods to the present time in 1819 and 1821'. The Welsh composer John Parry (1776-1851) was commonly known by his bardic name Bardd Alaw and was also a harpist.
[Ref: 60739] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Designed by John Parry. Lith. by J. Brandard. M. & N. Hanhart, Lith. Printers, 64 Charlotte St. Rathbone Sq.
London; D'Almaine & C.o Royal Piano Forte Saloon, 20, Soho Square.
Folio (360 x 270mm, 14¼ x 10¾"), lithographic cover & 7pp. engraved music sheets, letterpress ads on back cover. Disbound, wear and ink ownership inscription on cover. Bit tatty.
The cover depicts a ship in rough seas threatened by a ghostly pirate ship. The librettist, Richard Ryan (1797-1849), also produced the first Irish biographical dictionary, 'Biographia Hibernica, a Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland, from the earliest periods to the present time in 1819 and 1821'. The Welsh composer John Parry (1776-1851) was commonly known by his bardic name Bardd Alaw and was also a harpist.
[Ref: 60739] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Prospectus] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.](jpegs/60887.jpg)
[Prospectus] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. A Prose Translation with an Introductory Essay by Gwyn Jones. With Six Engravings in Colour by Dorothea Braby. Printed in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press 1952.
[1952.]
Pamphlet, 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7½; pp. (iv), with one colour-printed wood engraving.
A prospectus for the book, reproducing the titlepage, one plate and a page of text. The back page describes the publication.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60887] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[1952.]
Pamphlet, 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7½; pp. (iv), with one colour-printed wood engraving.
A prospectus for the book, reproducing the titlepage, one plate and a page of text. The back page describes the publication.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60887] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![The rough polishing of Glasses. [&] The Running of Glasses. [&] The Polishing of Glasses.](jpegs/60858.jpg)
The rough polishing of Glasses. [&] The Running of Glasses. [&] The Polishing of Glasses.
[n.d., 1763.]
Three engravings. Each sheet c. 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with three sheets of letterpress. Original folds, slight offset from text.
From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60858] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[n.d., 1763.]
Three engravings. Each sheet c. 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with three sheets of letterpress. Original folds, slight offset from text.
From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60858] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Lithographic Works, Published by C. Hullmandel, And Sold by R. Ackermann, 96, Trand, and All Booksellers in Town and Country.
Whiting Beafort House, Strand.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Letterpress within an ornamental engraved border. Sheet 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10").
A list of works published by Charles Hullmandel, including 'The Lithographic Drawing Books for the Year 1822 [-28]', with contributors including James Duffield Harding and Samuel Prout, and 'Elementary Drawing Books for 1827 [- 31].
[Ref: 60728] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Whiting Beafort House, Strand.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Letterpress within an ornamental engraved border. Sheet 185 x 255mm (7¼ x 10").
A list of works published by Charles Hullmandel, including 'The Lithographic Drawing Books for the Year 1822 [-28]', with contributors including James Duffield Harding and Samuel Prout, and 'Elementary Drawing Books for 1827 [- 31].
[Ref: 60728] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Cook & Barton. Manufacturers of Mathematical Instruments.
J. Smith sc.
[n.d., c.1830.
Engraved trade card. Sheet 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"). Some staining and surface abrasion.
A trade card of a company operating from Moland Street, Birmingham. A central vignette of a woman using a pair of compasses, by a window with a view of a ship, is surrounded by a list of goods, including sundials, measuring tapes, candle shades and dog collars.
[Ref: 60783] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J. Smith sc.
[n.d., c.1830.
Engraved trade card. Sheet 100 x 160mm (4 x 6¼"). Some staining and surface abrasion.
A trade card of a company operating from Moland Street, Birmingham. A central vignette of a woman using a pair of compasses, by a window with a view of a ship, is surrounded by a list of goods, including sundials, measuring tapes, candle shades and dog collars.
[Ref: 60783] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wreck'd and Saved. Descriptive Ballad Sung by M.r C. Bernard, in his Entertainment, ''La Bagatelle''.
Packer, & Griffin Lith. Stannard & Dixon.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed into inscriptions.
A music sheet cover depicting a lifeboat being launched from a beach and rowed through rough seas towards a striken ship.
[Ref: 60738] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Packer, & Griffin Lith. Stannard & Dixon.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed into inscriptions.
A music sheet cover depicting a lifeboat being launched from a beach and rowed through rough seas towards a striken ship.
[Ref: 60738] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Magic Lantern] City of London Grand Hydro-Oxygen Microscopic Exhibition, No. 4, Charlotte Row,](jpegs/60770.jpg)
[Magic Lantern] City of London Grand Hydro-Oxygen Microscopic Exhibition, No. 4, Charlotte Row, Opposite the Private Entrance to the Mansion House.
J. Brimmer, Printer, 59a Greek Street, Soho [n.d., c.1830].
Broadside, letterpress and wood-engraving. Sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼), printed on both sides. Slight staining, old ink mss. on reverse "commencing every hour".
An advert for a show with a 'Oxyhydrogen Microscope', a magic lantern capable of projecting images from microscope slides using limelight, illustrated with an image of a cheese mite. Altrick, shows of London, pg. 370-1, "never indeed until the advert of the monster mile panorama at the end of the next decade was the in-fighting livelier than it was among rival microscopes".
[Ref: 60770] £490.00 view all images for this item
J. Brimmer, Printer, 59a Greek Street, Soho [n.d., c.1830].
Broadside, letterpress and wood-engraving. Sheet 240 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼), printed on both sides. Slight staining, old ink mss. on reverse "commencing every hour".
An advert for a show with a 'Oxyhydrogen Microscope', a magic lantern capable of projecting images from microscope slides using limelight, illustrated with an image of a cheese mite. Altrick, shows of London, pg. 370-1, "never indeed until the advert of the monster mile panorama at the end of the next decade was the in-fighting livelier than it was among rival microscopes".
[Ref: 60770] £490.00 view all images for this item
![[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]](jpegs/60825.jpg)
[Napoleon Puzzle Print] Corporal Violet. [&] ['Explanation' for the 'Corporal Violet' Napoleon Puzzle Print]
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Published by J. & E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London, and J. Wallis, Jun.r Marine Library Sidmouth.] [n.d., c.1815].
Coloured stipple with engraving. 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"), with partial watermark '181'. [&] Stipple with engraving. Sheet 90 x 75mm (3½ x 3"). Trimmed to printed border. [&] Very trimmed, losing title 'Explanation' at top, glued to backing sheet.
A 'puzzle' portrait with a bouquet of violets containing concealed profiles of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), King of Rome. Napoleon was nicknamed "Corporal Violet" for promising his soldiers he would return from Elba during the Violet season. Such designs were surreptitious ways of showing loyalty after Napoleon's fall from grace. The solution to the famous 'puzzle' portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), his wife Marie Louise of Austria (1791-1847), and son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles (1811-1832), hidden in a bouquet of violets.
See Ref: 58681.
[Ref: 60825] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
The Oil Press.
[n.d., 1763.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with a letterpress sheet with key. Original folds, slight offset from text.
An illustration of a press for olive oil. From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60857] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1763.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with a letterpress sheet with key. Original folds, slight offset from text.
An illustration of a press for olive oil. From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60857] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The Minde of the Front.
[London, 1620.]
Letterpress with woodblock headpiece and first letter. Sheet 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼"). Edges frayed, paper toned and spotted, holes.
A verse written by Ben Jonson to described the allegorical frontispiece of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'History of World'. Jonson had been tutor to Raleigh's son.
[Ref: 60754] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London, 1620.]
Letterpress with woodblock headpiece and first letter. Sheet 325 x 210mm (12¾ x 8¼"). Edges frayed, paper toned and spotted, holes.
A verse written by Ben Jonson to described the allegorical frontispiece of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'History of World'. Jonson had been tutor to Raleigh's son.
[Ref: 60754] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
To the Worthy Brethren of the most Ancient & Noble Order of Bucks. This Plate is most humbly inscribed by a Brother.
H. Capland sc Gutter Lane, London.
[London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with fine 18th century hand colour, cut out around main image and laid on album paper. Album sheet 380 x 255mm (15 x 10").
A rococco design featuring a stag flanked by two foresters with bugle horns, with various mottos including 'Unanimity is the Strength of Society’, 'Industry Produceth Wealth', 'Innocence with Freedom', 'Be Merry & Wise'. This is probably a membership certificate. The Ancient and Noble Order of Bucks, a fraternal and convivial club that claimed Nimrod ('the mighty hunter' described in Genesis X, 8-9) as its founder, was once the leading rival to Freemasonry in Britain, existing from c.1739 to 1818.
[Ref: 60787] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Capland sc Gutter Lane, London.
[London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map and Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street.] [n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with fine 18th century hand colour, cut out around main image and laid on album paper. Album sheet 380 x 255mm (15 x 10").
A rococco design featuring a stag flanked by two foresters with bugle horns, with various mottos including 'Unanimity is the Strength of Society’, 'Industry Produceth Wealth', 'Innocence with Freedom', 'Be Merry & Wise'. This is probably a membership certificate. The Ancient and Noble Order of Bucks, a fraternal and convivial club that claimed Nimrod ('the mighty hunter' described in Genesis X, 8-9) as its founder, was once the leading rival to Freemasonry in Britain, existing from c.1739 to 1818.
[Ref: 60787] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cox Watch & Clock Maker Silversmith Jeweller & Engraver M.t Harboro. Mourning & Wedding Rings.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraved watchpaper advertisement. Verso in ink "Mr. Hobbs 43709". Circular, diameter 5cm (2"). Some damage.
An advert for a jeweller and clockmaker of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
[Ref: 60769] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Scarce engraved watchpaper advertisement. Verso in ink "Mr. Hobbs 43709". Circular, diameter 5cm (2"). Some damage.
An advert for a jeweller and clockmaker of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
[Ref: 60769] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
![The Whitening of Wax. [&] The Working of Wax into Rolls. [&] The Making of Wax-tapers and Candles.](jpegs/60859.jpg)
The Whitening of Wax. [&] The Working of Wax into Rolls. [&] The Making of Wax-tapers and Candles.
[n.d., 1763.]
Three engravings. Each sheet c. 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with three sheets of letterpress. Original folds, slight offset from text.
From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60859] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[n.d., 1763.]
Three engravings. Each sheet c. 170 x 195mm (6¾ x 7¾"), with three sheets of letterpress. Original folds, slight offset from text.
From 'Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses On such Particulars of Natural History As were thought most proper to Excite the Curiosity, and Form the Minds of Youth'.
[Ref: 60859] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item